Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie Betting Analysis and Prediction

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25 August 2023

Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie Betting Analysis and Prediction

Two UFC fan favorites are set to meet in the octagon this weekend on the UFC schedule from Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang. Max Holloway will be fighting with a heavy heart for his hometown, while The Korean Zombie will potentially be making his final walk into the UFC octagon.

, along with the official Max Holloway vs The Korean Zombie prediction ahead of making your own betting picks this weekend.

Max Holloway vs The Korean Zombie

Location of the game: Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Date and Time: Saturday, August 26. 8:00 AM ET main card start

How to Watch: ESPN+

Holloway is coming off of an impressive decision win over Arnold Allen in April.

The Korean Zombie is making his return from over a year ago when he brutally lost by TKO to Alexander Volkanovski in a title fight.

Holloway is a former longtime UFC featherweight champ and has a resume that could go up against anybody who has ever been in the UFC. His professional MMA record is 24-7, with 10 TKO/KOs and two submissions. He fights out of Waianae, Hawaii.

“Blessed” is now 31 years old as he measures 5’11” with a 69” wingspan fighting out of the orthodox stance. He has basically rewritten the record books with the striking numbers he has put together. Holloway averages 7.16 significant strikes landed and 4.79 significant strikes absorbed per minute in the octagon. To go along with his elite striking, he also has a rock-solid 84% takedown defense.

Chan Sung Jung is a 36-year-old UFC veteran and South Korean military veteran who now has a professional MMA record of 17-7 with 6 TKO/KO wins and eight submissions. Fighting out of the orthodox stance, Zombie measures in at 5’7” but has a long reach of 72”.

Jung averages 3.97 significant strikes landed per minute while absorbing 4.35 significant strikes in that minute as well. He averages 0.74 takedowns per 15 minutes as well, so you have to imagine mixing in his wrestling will be a key for him to be successful against Holloway.

No injuries have been reported to the UFC.

Before you can make the best Max Holloway vs The Korean Zombie prediction possible, you need to spend the time looking over available betting lines and previewing how these two styles might play out.

According to UFC odds, Holloway is coming in as the massive -800 betting favorite over Zombie, who is currently +550 to win. The proper even over/under is set at 3.5 rounds, but most sportsbooks are giving you the over 2.5 round total, being favored heavily at -245.

This fight has +135 odds to go the distance, with Holloway coming in at -180 to get a finish and Zombie at +1400 to do the same.

From the technical side of this matchup, it’s really tough to find anything Chan Sung Jung could do to be successful. Holloway has some of the sharpest and slickest boxing in the UFC; he is a master of moving around the octagon, he switches up his strikes better than anyone, and he has so much experience against the best in the world that Zombie can’t do anything to surprise him.

The Korean Zombie has a very solid skillset in Thai Boxing and will look to damage Holloway’s legs first and then try to invest in the body early on. From looking at the film, it seems like mixing in takedowns will be something that Zombie needs to do to have a chance in this one.

It’s pretty rare to ever see these betting lines, and you probably won’t need to make UFC picks on a -800 favorite in the main event ever again. That being said, you can still win some money in this fight.

The official Max Holloway vs The Korean Zombie prediction is Holloway will be able to implement whatever game plan he wants and get his hand raised. The fans probably won’t want to watch Zombie take any more damage, so Holloway is going to carry him into a decision win.