Max Holloway
| Max Holloway | |
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Holloway in 2022 | |
| Born | Jerome Max Keliʻi Holloway December 4, 1991 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Other names | Blessed |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb) |
| Division | Featherweight (2012–2024) Lightweight (2010–2011, 2019, 2024-present) |
| Reach | 69 in (175 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Waiʻanae, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Team | Gracie Technics Legacy Muay Thai |
| Rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Pedro Sauer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 36 |
| Wins | 27 |
| By knockout | 12 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 13 |
| Losses | 9 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Subscribers | 405 thousand |
| Views | 30.4 million |
| Last updated: January 16, 2026 | |
Jerome Max Keliʻi Holloway (born December 4, 1991) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Featherweight Champion and former symbolic UFC "BMF" titleholder. He is considered one of the greatest Featherweights of all time. As of January 27, 2026, he is #4 in the UFC lightweight rankings, and as of March 10, 2026, he is #15 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.
Holloway holds the UFC records for most significant strikes (3,655) and total strikes (3,907), with no other fighter within 1,000 of either mark. He also owns multiple UFC featherweight records, including most wins (20), longest winning streak (13), most finishes (11), and most knockout victories (9). Fight Matrix ranks him as the third-greatest featherweight of all time and the eighth-greatest pound-for-pound fighter in MMA history.