Max Holloway 2024: Record, Net Worth, Salary, and Endorsements

Who is Max Holloway?

Max Holloway is a former UFC featherweight champion and currently the #2 ranked fighter (as of April 2024) in the 145 lbs division. Following in the footsteps of the likes of BJ Penn, Holloway has represented Hawaii exceptionally well on the global MMA stage and was already a divisional legend before he was 30 years old. He turned professional in 2010 and was in the UFC in 2012 at just 20 years of age. He was the youngest fighter on the UFC roster at the time. Currently, he's the 4th youngest fighter the UFC has ever signed.

Max Holloway's Early Life

Growing up, Max Holloway had an absent father and a mother who had taken drugs. In an interview he gave to Berrics, the 32-year-old admitted he was essentially raised by his grandparents. These factors were a huge motivation for him to find success in life, and to be a better parent to his son.

Holloway took up kickboxing when he was in 10th grade after his friend's coach took notice of him hitting the speed bag. When he was 16, his coach offered Holloway a fight at a local event after the original candidate dropped out. Holloway took the fight to save the $35 he was going to spend on the ticket to the same event.

Holloway recalled how K1 kickboxing in Japan was all the rage at the time. Two years later, the BJ Penn era of the UFC caught his eye. His compatriot's achievements and financial success from MMA pushed young Max to decide he wanted it for himself.

Max Holloway's Wife and Son

Max Holloway married his first wife, Kaimana Pa'aluhi, a model and actress, in 2014 and divorced in 2017. He has a son with her - Rush Holloway. The story of his birth is closely tied to Max's success. Rush was born the same night Holloway received his UFC contract. A few hours after he signed and sent back his first-ever UFC deal, he was holding 'Mini Blessed' in his hands.

In 2020, he began dating Alessa Quizon whom he married in 2022. She is a distinguished surfer who has competed in various top-tier surfing contests around the world which include the Fijian Women’s Pro Surfing Championship and West Australian Margaret Pro Surfing Championship.

Max Holloway's Net Worth 2024

As of 2024, Max Holloway has a net worth of an estimated $6 million. Holloway made a mere $6,000 base salary in his first UFC fight. He earned a massive amount of money in the UFC later. To date, he has earned around $6,000,000 over his career, according to multiple sources. He has earned his highest payday ($1,050,000) against Ortega at UFC 231. His last paycheck, for his fight against 'The Korean Zombie' was reportedly $400K (base salary).

Max Holloway's Career Timeline

He started his UFC career with a loss against Dustin Poirier at UFC 143. He then won three straight in 2012 before losing to Dennis Bermudez and future double champion Conor McGregor, in 2013. After a few losses in his early career, Holloway did not look back and started his climb to the top. He went on an impressive 13-fight win streak following his loss to McGregor.

After racking up nine consecutive wins in the featherweight division, Holloway finally fought for UFC gold. However, it was for an interim championship against Anthony Pettis. 'Blessed' Holloway won the match by stopping Pettis in the third round.

He then fought Jose Aldo in a title unification bout. Holloway stopped Aldo in two back-to-back fights in 2017, unifying the belt in the first and then defending it for the first time in the second. Then after three canceled bouts in 2018, Holloway made his second title defense against Brian Ortega in December 2018. He tried to capture a second belt at lightweight in 2019, but Dustin Poirier got the better of him again, at UFC 236. Shortly after, he returned to featherweight to fight Frankie Edgar.

After defeating Edgar and defending his title for the third time, Holloway fought Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245. Unfortunately, he lost the bout via a unanimous decision. 'Blessed' tried to recapture his belt, but he came up short at UFC 251 in a razor-thin bout.

His next outing was against Calvin Kattar in January 2021 and he won the lopsided fight via a unanimous decision. He then beat Yair Rodriguez in November 2021, yet again via a unanimous decision. In his only fight in 2022, Holloway tried to retake the belt from Volkanovski in a trilogy bout at UFC 276. Once again, the Australian bested 'Blessed' (unanimous decision) in what was the most convincing win for the champion in their trilogy.

In 2023, Holloway bounced back with two big wins. One was a unanimous decision win over rising prospect Arnold Allen. The second was a walk-off KO of divisional legend Chan Sung Jung. Holloway's MMA record currently stands at 25-7, with a UFC record of 21-7.

Max Holloway's Partnerships and Endorsements

Holloway has an endorsement deal with Reebok, Manscaped, and Budweiser. Holloway also has a YouTube channel named "BlessedMMA".

Max Holloway's Career Stats and Records

Max Holloway is an elite striker with an unending gas tank. Besides that, the Hawaiian puts on a pace that is difficult to match.

Holloway is also known for landing an ungodly amount of strikes. He holds the record for landing the most significant strikes in the entire UFC. Furthermore, Holloway also holds the top three positions for having landed the most significant strikes in a single UFC fight against Calvin Kattar, Brian Ortega, and Dustin Poirier.

He has an impressive 7.17 significant strikes landed per minute against 4.75 absorbed ones. He also has a 48% striking accuracy, landing 3,197 out of 6,714 attempted strikes, with a 60% significant strike defense.

Holloway also boasts an impeccable takedown defense with 84%. The 32-year-old is extremely difficult to take down, even for experienced wrestlers like Frankie Edgar. Even if someone takes him down, Holloway springs right back up. He also has a 53% takedown accuracy landing 4 of 15 attempted takedowns.

'Blessed' holds a stellar record of 25-7-0 in his MMA career. The former featherweight champion has won six 'Fight of the Night', four 'Performance of the Night,' and one 'Knockout of the Night' bonuses in UFC.

He also received the 2017 Fighter of the Year award by RealSport.