Jerome Max Holloway, nicknamed the Blessed One, is a young mixed martial artist and reigning champion in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was born on December 4, 1991 in the state of the USA - Hawaii, the city of Vaianae, has English and Samoan roots. Now he is 26 years old, he is tall enough for his category - 1.80 meters, his weight - 65 kilograms, and arm span - 1.75 meters.
Biography and career
Until 2010, Holloway was a laborer, and subsequently chose sport as his job. Since childhood, Jerome was engaged in kickboxing. At the age of 19, he began to try himself in Thai boxing, also engaged in jujitsu and performed in mixed fights. At the beginning of his career, the Blessed One performed in fights in his homeland. In the third professional fight, Max became the champion of Hawaii, and on March 12, 2011 defeated the famous Harris Sarmento.
On February 4, 2012, he was the youngest fighter to make his debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Max competed with Dustin Porrier, but the fight for the Blessed One was a failure. Failure did not stop the fighter, he continued to participate in various championships and tournaments. In 2012, he holds three successful fights for him, defeating Pat Schilling, Justin Lawrence and Leonard Gary.
In a fight on May 25, 2013, Dennis Bermudez defeated Holloway by a separate decision of the judges, but this was not his last defeat. After 4 months, Max performed at the UFC Fight Night 26 tournament in Boston against Conor McGregor. By unanimous decision, the winner was an Irishman. Of course, these defeats had a negative effect on his place in the standings, but he did not give up.
January 4, 2014 began an endless stream of victories for the Blessed One. Behind him, he left Will Chope, Clay Collad, Cole Miller, Charles Oliver and many others, until 2016, the Hawaiian fighter spent 8 fights, winning each. One of the decisive battles was the confrontation of Anthony Pettis and Jerome Max Holloway, in which the second came out the winner. Max received the title of interim featherweight champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
In June 2017, the first meeting in the ring was Jose Aldo and Max Holloway. The fight took place in the homeland of Aldo, the first two rounds of the Brazilian stayed better than Max, but the third round of the match put everything in its place: Holloway was named the new champion. The title defense was supposed to happen in a fight with Frankie Edgar, the fight did not take place due to his injury. He was replaced by Jose Aldo, and on December 2, 2017, the second battle of Aldo and Holloway took place, in which Max managed to successfully defend his title. He is currently the current UFC Featherweight Champion.
