Max Holloway

Native of Hawaii, MMA fighter Max Holloway numerous fans love for his beautiful technique, in which the fighter masterfully alternates favorite techniques: jumping, elbow lever, turntables, etc.

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Fights involving Holloway, whose whole body is decorated with tattoos, are always spectacular and dynamic. The athlete competes in the featherweight weight category (66 kg at the height of 180 cm), professional activity under the auspices of the UFC has been conducted since 2010. Among his high-profile victories are fights with Brazilian Jose Aldo and American Brian Ortega, who were considered invincible before this fight.

Jerome Max Kelia Holloway was born on December 4, 1991 in Honolulu, USA. The boy became a representative of a large international family. Hawaiian, English and Samoan blood flows in his veins. Mentioning his children's biography, Max often speaks not so much about his parents as about his grandmother Sitia Capoya, who gave him and his brothers a lot of love and care.

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Holloway grew up in the Hawaiian town of Vaianai. Here he went to high school, where he became interested in martial arts, began to engage in kickboxing, but it did not come to the big sport. After graduating from school, the guy long searched for ways to earn money, was a handyman. In the end, Max decided to bet on sports.

It is believed that the Hawaiian began his sports career very late - at the age of 19 he began to learn the skill of Thai boxing. But the guy has made such progress that he quickly made up for the lost years. No wonder in the zenith of his fame Holloway will take the pseudonym Blessed. Nature has really blessed him with an incredible ability to control his body.

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Cat grace, the silentness of the snake, powerful jumping panthers - seeing all this in the course of training, the masters only shook their heads. Soon the skills of Brazilian jiu-jitsu were added to the Thai boxing technique, on which the athlete subsequently received a purple belt.

At the age of 20, Max Holloway has already set a record of 4 : 0. He celebrated his first four victories of his professional career in his native Honolulu, playing in the ring of the UIC and X-1 championships in 2010-2011. February 4, 2012 - the date of his first fight under the auspices of the UFC. The debut, on which the Hawaiian had high hopes, was a failure. Max was defeated by American Dustin Poirier, who is in the lightweight category. Lightweight applied a suffocating reception against Holloway in the 4th minute.

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However, in the same year Max rehabilitated with three victories, defeating Pat Schilling, Leonard Garcia and Justin Lawrence. In the first two cases, the Hawaiian's win was confirmed by the decision of the judges, and Lawrence Max was sent to a technical knockout.

2013 firefighter remembers as the most unsuccessful in his career. In a duel on May 25, 2013, American featherweight Dennis Bermudez defeated Holloway by split decision. The Hawaiian receives a new blow in August - at the UFC Fight Night 26 tournament in Boston. In the fight with the shocking Conor McGregor, his position was much weaker. The Irishman was awarded the victory by the judges by unanimous decision.

Two defeats in a row forced Holloway to concentrate as much as possible on training, training and improving his skills. And the results were not long in coming. In 2014-2015, Max showed excellent form, allowing him to make 4 triumphal victories for each year, earning impressive fees.

Among the most striking fights of this period - a duel with the Swede Akira Korassani, which became the performance of the evening. Blessed easily sent the opponent to the knockout with his trademark blows. The fight with the famous fighter Kab Swanson, a representative of the older generation of firefighters, was also spectacular. Holloway used a suffocating technique against his opponent - a guillotine.

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The event of 2016 was for MMA fans announcement of the fight Of Holloway and the titled fighter Anthony Pettis. The fact is that at an early stage the Blessed was compared to Pettis for similar spectacular combat technique and maneuverability. The fight promised to be beautiful and exciting, so it turned out. Holloway, the interim UFC featherweight champion, emerged victorious from the Octagon.

A sharply raised in the standings Hawaiian fighter calls in the ring a stronger opponent. And in June 2017, the first meeting between Max Holloway and Brazilian featherweight champion Jose Aldo took place. By this point, Aldo had only two defeats, one of them also from Conor McGregor. The fight took place in Aldo's homeland in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian surrendered in the 3rd round, and the new champion is named Max Holloway. In December of that year, he rejo faced Aldo in the fight for the title and found success again.

On December 9, 2018, the champion's fight with Brian Ortega took place. This fight connoisseurs called exciting and magnificent. Two super-professionals came together in the ring: Max had 19 wins against 3 losses, and Ortega was undefeated after 14 brilliant victories. The fighters gave the spectators 4 spectacular rounds, until the doctor stopped the fight, assessing the serious injuries of Ortega - a broken nose and finger, swimming eye. Thus, Holloway defended the UFC featherweight title.

In 2012, Max ended his bachelor personal life and married Hawaiian model and former actress Kaiman Paaluhi. The couple married on the most romantic holiday - February 14, Valentine's Day. In the same year, his wife gave the fighter a son, Rash Holloway.

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However, the joint life could not stand the test, and in 2014 it became known about the divorce of the athlete and model. The former spouses equally shared custody of their son. Holloway, despite his employment, takes a huge part in the upbringing of his son. He often posts photos with his child on Instagram: father and son visit playgrounds, travel, eat pizza.

Now the athlete is the second Hawaiian to become famous in MMA, becoming a champion, after B.J. Penn, who won the championship title in 2008 and 2009.

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As for his new fights, all fans of the Hawaiian are waiting for his rematch with Dustin Poirier, which will be held on April 13, 2019 at UFC 236.

UFC featherweight champion UFC/MMA Fighter of the Year 2017 "Fight of the Night" (Brian Ortega) "Fight of the Night" (Jose Aldo) First American to win UFC featherweight title

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Max Holloway Net Worth 2021

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