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foreign protect yourself at all times follow my instructions gonna keep it clean touch gloves let’s do it deep breath folks the tension of a UFC main event nothing quite like it in all the professional sports Calvin cater is in Blue Max Holloway is in Black Dan I loved what you said about Calvin kater being a slow starter that’s slow starting is what cost him in the zabet fight he was building as that fight went so he needs to start a little bit faster because Max Holloway is a momentum guy and when Max gets rolling it’s very difficult to play catch-up because he gets so far and a heavy this is exactly it DC and I broke it down on inside the Octagon if you look at the stats for Max Holloway he stands out above everybody else in the UFC because not only does his success rate go up but his work rate goes up as well he throws more punches he lands more punches and that goes from the first round to the fifth round he’s a volume fighter he wears you down he erodes you and he just basically takes the fight out of you before you can get into it now the question here is is Calvin cater land some shots early to kind of slow Max Holloway down a little bit we know he’s got the power but if he allows Max to get ahead on the scorecards it’s going to be very difficult to pull that back yep both guys have invested in some calf kicks early Holloway’s hands look quick as hell he attacks the body there you’ve seen cater do that and that’s good because if you watch Max fight volkanovsky the first fight it seemed like volcanovsky won with just leg kicks and if Max is expecting boxing from cater you start to tag him at the low leg kicks but Max’s hands look fast he looks strong and why is he mixing up those combinations and this is a fast start from Max as well like he is not normally this busy at all in the first round this is third round Max Holloway but you got to think Max Holloway does a spar so he’s getting punched for the first time so he’d wake something up inside well that is a new trend right Daniel no hard sparring the last two training camps from Max Hollywood yeah and look and you know caters 92 real nice Jabs and look at Max’s face it’s already red now granted getting sparring in sometimes you get beat up a little bit right but it also does allow you your face to get a little bit callous from getting punched Max has not been punched in two Jabs now he’s already getting red that’s true I’d say Max’s face is pretty calloused already though yeah but you got to be you know I know that’s an old school thought process but yeah it’s a familiarity of getting hit and continuing your thought process I always used to think that about running you know I would put myself in a Slater discomfort and then try and stay focused and that’s a part of the benefit inspiring being uncomfortable being familiar with discomfort Max looks great though in this opening I love the way he’s mixing up the target though nothing everything’s not up top right he’s going to the body of Katie he’s hitting him up in the head then he digs straight by hand in the body I love the straight right hand of the body that he’s throwing right now oh blistering left hand lands for Max Holloway he does have some swelling on that lead leg Curtis Hills cap kicks from kator yeah not that oblique kick that we’re seeing from Max as a new facet to his game as well we’ve not seen that a great deal the chassis kick as they would call it in savat nice good right hand from Kate have followed by a second you have got to not get in the way of the right hand of Calvin kator pops out that left hand he doesn’t always throw it to land he uses it to range find and sets you up he’ll throw a jab a little bit shorter you face the right hand will follow he’ll throw a jab left hook like he did against Ricardo Lamas and the right hand will sleep you the guy does a great job of setting up his attacks he’ll do that for 25 minutes he can go at that pace for 25 minutes foreign whether he was hoping oh that was a good right hand look at the distance Holloway Club has been his combinations quite a nice land a moment ago by cater yep Holloway’s right in his face though man he seems to be more than willing to stand in front of Calvin kator and right now he’s a little bit faster than Calvin right now and Calvin hasn’t been able to really get his hands going the way that he normally does two to one Edge and significant strikes for the former featherweight Champion Holloway if I’m Calvin Kate to hear oh that was a beautiful back kick to the midsection landed clean a consistent Target is the midsection in this one oh man what a right hand by Halloween Max Holloway looks as good as he’s ever looked right now he’s coming with a point to prove [Music] body kick landed again without as much effect but a big start for the favorite Max Holloway [Music] foreign he knows he’s got the bigger caliber gun in this fight but what he doesn’t want is to be peppered constantly because that’ll just take his will to compete out of him he just doesn’t have the speed right Holloway seems so much faster than cater right now so much faster and diverse in his attack look how wide-eyed Max is beautiful work really nice and Max is throwing paints at him too right he’ll feign at him before he hits him he’ll faint pop a punch change levels and go again I’m gonna say one thing that if I’m cater I’m looking out for Holloway’s reacting with his rear hand so when when they were calling for faints in the cater Corner as cater pumps his jab Max is bringing his hand away from his face which is going to open up the opportunity for a left hook not sure what drew that reaction from Max maybe he thought it was an eye poke but there is just no time to rest when you’re fighting this guy double digit combinations every time he’s throwing three and four and Calvin’s trying to go one two but Holloway’s just mixing up the Target on so many different places on his body Calvin’s gonna have to throw with him and not wait until Max is finished to start trying to punch right now he’s trying to wait until Halloween’s finished he’s got to go with him and try to throw with match he cannot wait to the end of the combination to try to let his punches and Strikes go Max is not wasting his head movements either when he gets his head out of the way of a shot he’s following it with counter punches which is going to further discourage cater [Applause] the Relentless pursuit of Max Holloway continues just over three minutes here to go round two dude and look at these stats here 51 of 150 strikes to 22 of 70 for keita Max Holloway’s doubled his output and also doubled his success rate he just throws so much volume now Calvin kater just landed a nice right hand up the middle there just a second ago great to have you with us UFC Fight Night John anec Daniel Cormier Dan Hardy you are watching the main event here between two of the best featherweights in the world Max Holloway the former Champion taking on Boston’s Calvin kater who comes in with the number six next to his name and a strong start for the former Champion thus far [Music] there’s just no breathing room for Kate to hear as soon as he starts to think about attacking Max Holloway pours a combination onto him he’s waiting he’s like he’s waiting in front of Halloween he can’t wait for Max to throw oh there it is when cater goes first he lands but he cannot wait for Max Holloway to start every combination in every Exchange interest in here Tyson chartier tells kator to fight angry seemed to follow up on that imperative there it’s just so much activity [Applause] from frustration setting in for cater has had some moments though here on the round yeah he’s landed he’s landed some shots and you see when he does land he gets a little bit of a reaction out of maxi and you know what’s crazy Max Holloway is already the stat leader for total insignificant strikes and he’s like 300 strikes ahead of the next person which I believe is Joanna [Applause] crowd getting behind Holloway here late in round two [Applause] I honestly I’ve never seen Max look as good as this he looked great in the Ortega fight but this is a different level entirely it’s gonna be oh that hurts himself more elbows Kate has taken these shots wow how tough is Calvin kater and what an elbow on Max Holloway another one right through the guard oh my God it covers up he’s lighting him up wide open oh my goodness Holloway is beating him up case is bloodied we’re gonna see him go down if he lands another one of those shots you could have a good chin but not for all my goodness look at the cut on Calvin kater’s forehead 30 seconds to go in the round oh the cut man is gonna have some work to do there John all done again oh my goodness the elbow the weapon of choice for Halloween round two an hour one two Max Holloway showing there’s levels holy smoke wow this is the level of Max Holloway because he doesn’t score anymore dude more damage than ever to take a week off man everybody just stop sparring right now it’s gonna look like this [Applause] poetry in motion I mean this is finesse at its best pressure volume and he keeps switching his attack he goes from body shots to low kicks to blistering punching combinations and now he’s cracking him with elbows and head kicks how is Kate is still standing this is a new Max Holloway entirely and Calvin kater looks like he’s ready to go look at him off the bench and stuff as they come well he has such a will to prepare he’s gonna have to lean on that conditioning and that Boston heart that resides within and it was interesting to hear them talk about a game plan change and go to some wrestling here potentially well he’s gonna need to John because he has been behind Max Holloway in the stand up like way behind he’s landed some shots here and there but it has not been close in terms of who’s been Landing the strikes that means something and Holloway’s not even breathing heavy I mean neither of these guys are but the work great of Holloway 250 strike strong compared to a letter to 106 for keita likely a 10-8 there Dan in round two definitely it’s got to be it has to be we might even be looking at two ten eight rounds that’s as tinny As It Gets in round number two as 10A as it gets that’s a t-shirt DC oh man how much can one man take yeah they’re gonna have to start looking at this yeah they’re trying to turn all the way around here as yet unable to do so there it does yes pretty good elbow there by Cal but his big lands have been few and far between but look at it though John right away Mack puts him back on his heels oh nice uppercut thereby cater that was really nice attention no right hand and cater might just need to get mean and lean on that Reckless abandon Ed man what a fight holy [Music] could win the fact that we’re just getting into the best rounds for both of these guys statistically as well bulletproof matchmaking for this UFC main event in their vote landed their best shot right Calvin cater’s uppercut is one of his best punches then he landed that great right hand after Max Holloway’s landed nasty elbows and kicks both of them have landed and the other guy’s still there Holloway keeps lighting him up for that elbow every time he’s up against the fence you can see him kind of cocking his elbow out to the side oh cooked body head huge left hand for Holloway oh beautiful face beneath cater’s got to get away from that fence Dan when kator gets stuck along the side of the afternoon Holloway just goes oh great right hand by cater and that’s the thing one shot from cater can change this fight again this is where Calvin kater can’t be though every time he gets along the side he finds himself getting beat up Max Holloway has the most fights in UFC history without ever having been knocked down caters landed some Big Shots tonight and it’s not surprising right you saw him heard so many times against Dustin Fourier who’s a massive puncher at 155 pounds so to see him taking shots from featherweights isn’t surprising but it’s not something you want to continue to do against a guy like Calvin kater and you know when we talk about sparring Max Holloway’s considerably reduced his sparring there’s so much more of a playful approach to what he’s doing these combinations are just flowing out of him the faints are so loose and I tell you who else is like this is Conor McGregor and the hours that he spent sparring with Autumn luboff playful Cooperative sparring I mean Max Holloway just looks so slick I mean Kate is still dangerous of course but the volume is definitely on Holloway’s Side by a long long way 330 strikes attempted 133 landed for Max Holloway compared to 50 of 146 for keita eight straight fights with over 100 significant strikes landed for Max Holloway and we are only in round three coming up on the one minute Mark here he just does not back up I I think when you’re constantly fighting on your back foot it’s so difficult and that’s not even just fighting that’s hitting pads if you’re a pad holder continues to press it really does fatigue well and if you’re if you were out there that maybe hasn’t seen the bulk of Max Holloway’s career probably looks a lot like the best featherweight UFC history tonight nice left hand from cater that body shot is killer that will pull you off your breakfast keeps wrapping that right hand around the elbow and when he wraps it around the elbow cater starts to drop the hand a little bit more and that’s when Max goes up top and the thing is when you see Max wading into range like that in that hand like he’s gonna throw the body shot do you let it land or do you block the elbow oh my goodness it is Holloway’s world tonight 15 minutes down wow what a fight hey cater had moments boom look at the right hand lands but they were few and far between because the whole run we saw this jab jab right hand Lancer Max Holloway then again he’s putting him back on his heels body kick lands for Holloway then the next time he would lift the knee and then throw another one left hook lands right body shot wrap around the oval Max Holloway right here look at this look at this head moving oh I saw Canelo do something like that before but then Max gives him a little bit of the robot but then Calvin hit him after that I mean wow wow Max Holloway showing no signs of slowing down Dan he did have a three nil lead on Alexander volkanovsky on a scorecard and that’s when volco came on we’ll see if cater can similarly rally here and the thing is if you’re volcanovski or if you’re any featherweights you’re looking at Max Holloway and thinking he’s not the same fighter I faced last time this is a whole new problem this is a different Max Holloway entirely the speed that he started the fight at his very uncharacteristic the volume obviously is characteristic with the variety in his shots is not the elbows the body kicks the variety is just he’s astounding the one thing the champ did though volcanovsky was he went and started wrestling Max Halloween in the last couple rounds does Calvin Kane have that ability and that’s the hats off to Alexander volkanowski in his War around the skill set to feel like he was behind and show that Championship metal and get the victory although it was contested I need to see that fight again now after watching this cater certainly is conditioned to wrestle he’s only attempted two takedowns thus far tonight and I said this earlier in the night John Calvin kater would not be taking these shots if he wasn’t in fantastic shape these guys are so fit and so prepared that no matter what he’s getting hit with the dude’s still taking it and still there to fight can you hear what the corner team is saying don’t give him a reset they want him on his heels the whole time constantly every time he thinks about attacking Holloway stinging him with something and the crowd getting on the way the crowd there’s a crowd here beautiful connection from cater at the three and a half minute mark I mean three and a half minutes if cater opens up he can still take Max Holloway out oh nice body shot there left body shot Doug right there oh beautiful jab by cater I mean look at those stats 110 40 and 20. he is just scatter gunning techniques all over the octagon and Kelvin cater is on the receiving end of 39 of them that last body shot really appear to bother kader oh [Music] it’s just Spirit that’s carrying him it’s amazing he’s still standing oh he’s hurt bad boys for good measure he’s gonna come down in a second oh my man look at Max Holloway oh oh Look At That Elbow that’s leading from Katie but Holloway is just still in his face and yet cater still somehow someway throwing offense and landing at times Calvin kater is as tough as they come but Max Holloway is beating him up unbelievable one-sided it has been at times but this kid hold up in the fight of the Year conversation if it’s January 16th smacks Holloway is at 500 strike attempts oh my goodness hey it’s the body shots the body shots are broken down Calvin kator you’re right these body shots are so nasty we got 90 seconds Kate is not going down if cater goes to the end oh my goodness and Dan when is toughness not something that works in your favor right I mean this could have a residual effect for Gator 224 significant strikes John you gotta start you got to start thinking as Tyson chartier and the rest of the corner yeah what do you want to do if your cornering cavalcata yes because it’s four rounds to zero and Max Holloway is not slowing down at all I’ll be thinking about getting a towel in there DC soon but Calvin is still cool right you watch comedies Calvin is still throwing but you think Glover to Sarah Anthony Smith and we were yelling stop the fight stop the fight there is a time where you have to save your fighter but look wow Calvin does that oh we got we got 45 seconds Calvin does that and then they’ve seen Calvin finish people so many times they don’t want to pull him out of there before he has a chance well and cater has built his whole career for this opportunity against the best in the world and he’s probably thankful Herb Dean and his Corner are giving him every chance to stay in this fight 30 seconds now to go round four gonna be an expensive night of bonuses for Uncle Dana yeah oh my goodness head kick late in the round for Holloway who is barely breathing heavy after falling almost 540 strikes 10 seconds to go I cannot believe Calvin Kane remaining to the end of this round I can’t believe it incredible toughness curability 20 minutes down remarkably we’re still going on five to go another tinny another 10-8 round we’re going I mean jeez there you go hey we gotta stay off the fence all right you okay are you okay yep hey let’s stay off the fence all right when we’re coming down the middle your car back take the cage back and then you go okay in the open map show some levels he’s getting tired trying to punch you up you gotta go for Big Shots think Cody come in with the two come out with the three and then add another two okay we need three shot combos all right hey let’s go do it Calvin kater seems pretty sound of mine Dan despite all the damage absorbed but he will need a finish if he is going to move into this division’s top two or three I mean he’s as tough as they come herb team was standing in his Corner keeping a close eye on Calvin cater who I feel has probably got a broken rib or something the way he was breathing in his Corner struggling to get a lung full of oxygen Kate is still in there he’s Corner team have rallied him shocked the world with the words that were coming out of the Calvin kater Corner he’s gonna need a miracle dance he’s gonna need a miracle a miracle this is not he doesn’t he doesn’t have hope he is wishing and hoping on the prayer praying for a miracle because there’s no other way that he wins this fight and with the way Max Holloway has looked it does not seem like that prayer is going to be answered the Blessed Max Holloway is baptizing him in his own blood today and of course wrestling could be a great equalizer the champion Alexander volkanovski has a whole lot of that in his Arsenal but also the ability to not absorb all these strikes right Max never made vocal look like this he could not pressure him and make him go back in this way now and you know for his great Max Halloween looks great right now but we’ve seen him look like this before in terms of backing guys up and then kind of melting in front of him Calvin kater sort of came in with a game plan to try to get Max going backwards and even with this work rate he’s still getting his head out of the way of return shots coming from keita right this is vintage Max Halloween man I’ve seen him I mean this is it looks like him beating up on Anthony Pettis when Anthony Pettis just couldn’t take any more and fell down and cater has been hittable in his UFC career but more often than not the elite featherweights haven’t been able to take his power oh he heard him again you heard him bad he heard him bad man I mean you can stop this fight whatever you want we got a broken nose on cater for sure and he’s not like he’s not been broken before you can tell but it’s going to be affecting his breathing those body shots are taking it out of him switched his stance now that’s very interesting just over three minutes to go I mean I don’t want to sound like a Karen you know so I don’t want to be Karen that’s tattling but I’m telling you man I would be thinking about stopping this fight honestly John like just man I don’t know if my guy should take this much damage even though he’s landed right he’s hitting Max with his best shots and it’s not doing anything he’s taking so much damage and man Holloway looks like a 10-round fighter tonight looks like he could go an hour yeah throw 12 or 1400 strikes and and I mean Calvin has hit him Calvin has hit him Calvin has landed his best punches and then has not deterred Max Holloway at all so at this point it’s it’s Calvin kater just getting beat up I’m just throwing some stats out there again 268 of 622 attempted strikes compared to 98 of 262 for keita I mean Kate is throwing but he’s not Landing nearly as much no fighter in UFC history guys in any fight has attempted as many strikes as Max Holloway has tonight 631 and Counting and I will also say this if you look at the most significant strikes landed in a fight the majority of them were on the ground and this place not touched the ground I would really I would really think about stopping this if I heard and the coaches he points it at your DC he’s even listening to the commentary team I have never seen anything like this in my life bro he’s an assault right sometimes you’re just in a Zone dude this is his new Zone he’s made a new zone max Holloway just shot six three pointers like Michael Jordan did that one time and Michael’s like I don’t know what’s going on huh that’s Max Holloway’s game tonight unbelievable I feel sorry for Calvin cater I mean he prepared yeah for Max Holloway as we knew him oh man look at all the blood the Freshman gave to play Becky oh my goodness it’s the max Holloway show tonight if you guys are if you guys are remembering Calvin said he’s the senior in boxing Max is the Freshman so max is saying the Freshman came to play as he is battering and bruising Calvin kater around the Octagon crazy [Applause] what an incredible performance relax Holloway final 30 seconds man what is it about fight of the years in January I’m telling you like raise the ball for everybody cater donating pints of blood and toughness tonight I mean real hats off the complicated for Survivor no doubt but um this thing could have been stopped from round three on [Applause] Hawaii’s finest look at a whole lot like the best in the world tonight Max blessed Holloway with a Monumental effort here is Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen at [Music] 50-43 50 43 and 50 42 for the winner by unanimous decision the pride of Hawaii [Music] [Music]