Max Holloway's stoppage of Conor McGregor at UFC 329 was the first fight in Holloway's UFC career in which he absorbed zero significant strikes. The significant-strike count ended 12–0 in Holloway's favor before the fight was stopped.
Max Holloway delivered one of the most dominant striking performances of his career at UFC 329 on July 11, 2026, stopping Conor McGregor while absorbing zero significant strikes — a statistical first across Holloway's entire UFC tenure.
The final significant-strike tally read 12–0 in Holloway's favor at the moment of stoppage, a remarkable illustration of how completely he controlled the exchanges. In over a decade of competing in the UFC, no opponent had ever held Holloway to a zeroed-out significant-strike count across a full fight — until McGregor found himself on the wrong side of that record.
Holloway, now 34 years old and fighting out of Gracie Technics, carries a 28-9-0 record and enters the lightweight rankings at number four, with a place at number nine on the pound-for-pound list. The Hawaiian stands five-foot-eleven with a 69-inch reach and averages an imposing 6.92 significant strikes per minute at 48 percent accuracy — numbers that have long made him one of the sport's most dangerous volume strikers.
McGregor, 37, of SBG Ireland, holds a 22-7-0 record. The southpaw Irishman stands five-foot-nine and carries a 74-inch reach, averaging 5.27 significant strikes per minute with 49 percent accuracy. His return to competition at UFC 329 ended in a stoppage loss that adds another chapter to a difficult recent run.
Why it matters
- Holloway's zero-significant-strikes-absorbed mark is an unprecedented personal milestone and underlines his evolution as a defensive fighter.
- The performance reinforces Holloway's standing at lightweight, where he sits just outside the top three at number four.
- McGregor's defeat raises further questions about his place in the division's contender picture at age 37.
Saturday, July 11, 2026
