UFC UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez Final

Max Holloway vs Yair Rodriguez

Max Holloway
United States

Max Holloway

“Blessed”

28-9

Winner

VS
Yair Rodriguez
Mexico

Yair Rodriguez

“El Pantera”

21-6

Winner

Max Holloway

Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 — 5:00

13 November 2021 · UFC Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Max Holloway beat Yair Rodriguez by unanimous decision after five rounds.
  • Max Holloway landed 251 of 434 total strikes and 3 of 5 takedowns, with 6:49 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 49-46, 48-47, 48-47.
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Tale of the tape

Max HollowayYair Rodriguez
28-9Record21-6
29Age on fight night29
5′11″ (180 cm)Height5′11″ (180 cm)
69″ (175 cm)Reach71″ (180 cm)
145 lb (65.8 kg)Weight145 lb (65.8 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Gracie TechnicsTeamVFS Academy
Oahu, Hawaii, United StatesFromParral, Chihuahua, Mexico

Fight statistics

251of 434 · 58%Total strikes landed186of 383 · 49%
144of 302Head strikes103of 276
70of 87Body strikes26of 43
37of 45Leg strikes57of 64
3of 5Takedowns1of 5
1Submission attempts0
6:49Control time1:20

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Max HollowayRoundYair Rodriguez
42/62strikes1/2TD0KD0:14controlR138/80strikes0/3TD0KD0:43control
59/111strikes0/0TD0KD0:25controlR243/85strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
46/81strikes1/2TD0KD3:04controlR320/50strikes1/1TD0KD0:07control
49/84strikes1/1TD0KD2:06controlR428/69strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
55/96strikes0/0TD0KD1:00controlR557/99strikes0/1TD0KD0:30control

Judges’ scorecards

Sal D'amato

10R1910R2910R3910R499R510

49total46

Derek Cleary

10R199R21010R3910R499R510

48total47

Ron McCarthy

9R11010R2910R3910R499R510

48total47

Form going into the fight

Max Holloway

  1. WCalvin Kattarunanimous decision2021
  2. LAlexander Volkanovskisplit decision2020
  3. LAlexander Volkanovskiunanimous decision2019
  4. WFrankie Edgarunanimous decision2019
  5. LDustin Poirierunanimous decision2019

Yair Rodriguez

  1. WJeremy Stephensunanimous decision2019
  2. ?Jeremy Stephenscould not continue R1 0:152019
  3. WChan Sung JungKO/TKO R5 4:592018
  4. LFrankie EdgarTKO - doctor's stoppage R2 5:002017
  5. WBJ PennKO/TKO R2 0:242017

Also on this card

Ben Rothwell vs Marcos Rogerio de LimaKO/TKO R1 0:32Leah Letson vs Felicia SpencerKO/TKO R3 4:25Miguel Baeza vs Khaos WilliamsKO/TKO R3 1:02Julio Arce vs Song YadongKO/TKO R2 1:35Thiago Moises vs Joel AlvarezKO/TKO R1 3:01

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