My Take
Okay, I'll just say it: Max Holloway is one of my favorite fighters to watch in the entire sport, full stop. The kid from Waianae built his whole game on relentless volume and a chin made of Hawaiian lava rock, and there's something joyful about it that you rarely see in cage fighting. He smiles, he talks, he plants his feet and just throws, and "Blessed" walks forward like getting hit is a fun little inconvenience. That moment against Gaethje where he pointed at his own chin in the last seconds and then knocked him out? Pure showman, pure guts. One of the greatest featherweights ever, sure, but I love him most because he fights like he genuinely enjoys it. Hawaii produced a real one.
Overview
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.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Max Holloway
- Name (Japanese)
- マックス・ホロウェイ
- Reading
- まっくす・ほろうぇい
- Born
- December 4, 1991 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Waianae, Hawaii, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Waianae High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.