Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis · Full Fight Recap
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What happened
The result, the defining moments, and what the verdict means.
Pettis backed Holloway up for much of the fight, but Holloway fired off his back foot with accuracy and force.
Pettis broke his right hand on the first punch he threw in round one and turned to wrestling as the fight progressed.
Holloway unleashed a late combination in the third round to produce the TKO at 4:50.
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Fight breakdown
Read the tactical story round by round.
3:00 Round 1
The opener was measured while Holloway read Pettis' kicks and counters. Pettis had creative looks and late grappling attempts, but Holloway began finding the cleaner boxing entries as the round developed. By the end of the first, Holloway's pressure was starting to narrow Pettis' exits.
- 7:30R1 · Holloway left hookHolloway starts finding the clean boxing reads late in the opener.
9:30 Round 2
Holloway's volume became more reliable in the second. He mixed body shots, clinch pressure and head punches while Pettis' right hand became an issue between rounds. Pettis still had flashes, but Holloway was taking over the rhythm and making the fight more physical.
- 12:09R2 · body and clinch workHolloway's pressure begins to make Pettis defend longer exchanges.
- 14:40R2 · Pettis hand damageThe broadcast notes Pettis' right-hand problem between rounds.
15:37 Round 3
The finish came from accumulation. Holloway kept Pettis defending in the clinch and along the fence, then attacked the body until Pettis could no longer answer. The stoppage at 4:50 of round three made Holloway the interim featherweight champion and the first fighter to stop Pettis with strikes.
- 18:50R3 · Pettis stuck in the clinchHolloway keeps Pettis on the defensive with short shots and pressure.
- 20:44R3 · body-shot finishHolloway attacks the body and forces the stoppage to win interim featherweight gold.