#Max holloway twitch professional

He gained recognition as the #7 featherweight prospect of 2012 in Bloody Elbow's 2012 World MMA Scouting Report and was compared with former UFC and former WEC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, due to his ability to incorporate a wide array of flying and spinning kicks, knees and elbows into his striking game. Mixed martial arts career Early MMA career Īt the age of 19, Holloway had amassed a record of 4–0. He graduated from Waianae High School in 2010. He started training kickboxing in 2007 at the end of his sophomore year, aged 15, out of Team Ruthless, and went on to win his first amateur bout in the sport after three days of training. His father, Mark Holloway, who constantly abused his mother, left when Max was around 11 years old. Holloway's parents were heavy drug users, his mother Missy Kapoi being a crystal meth consumer who later recovered. He is of Native Hawaiian and Samoan ancestry. Holloway was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in Waianae, an area known for fist fighting. As of July 11, 2023, he is #1 in UFC featherweight rankings, and as of May 9, 2023, he is #12 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

#Max holloway twitch professional

A professional since 2010, Holloway became the UFC Featherweight Champion when he defeated José Aldo on June 3, 2017, before defending the title three times. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Jerome Max Keli'i Holloway (born December 4, 1991) is an American professional mixed martial artist. Brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Rylan Lizares