In what may need been one of many more unusual fights of current time, Mike Malott pulled off maybe the largest win of his UFC profession to date, defeating Kevin Holland in entrance of a local Canadian crowd within the co-main occasion of UFC Vancouver.
After a quiet begin, Holland managed to catch a kick from Malott and dropped him with a proper hand. Malott, nonetheless, managed to seize a leg and sweep, getting on prime with grappling stress. Again on the ft, Malott landed a pair of unintended low blows on Holland in a brief timespan, the latter being a knee to the groin that clearly damage Holland. Holland took the complete 5 minutes and continued regardless of showing to nonetheless be in ache, however nothing vital was landed following that. Regardless of this and Drew Dober’s level deduction earlier within the night, Malott was not deducted some extent.
After a weird sequence of occasions to test on Holland’s situation, Malott appeared to seek out success within the second spherical with technical placing, together with a mixture and knee to the physique that appeared to harm Holland. Holland appeared to not pour out as a lot as he ought to have within the third, and a slam takedown and an arm-triangle try helped to safe Malott the choice victory.
Mike Malott Bests Kevin Holland At UFC Vancouver
So the very first thing Mike Malott says publish struggle is cracking a joke about committing the fouls. Good
#UFCVancouver
— asap_ (@aasap__) October 19, 2025
Mike Malott is genuinely so unhealthy lmao kneed Holland’s balls into his abdomen and nonetheless couldn’t even end the man. Holy fuck what a fraud this man is. pic.twitter.com/2XppDS1zrH
— michael
(@TotaIlyGnarly) October 19, 2025
Malott has now received three straight and is now 6-1 within the UFC since his 2021 look on Dana White’s Contender Collection. He entered tonight off a knockout of Charles Radtke at UFC 315.
Holland has now misplaced 4 of his final six, coming into tonight off a loss to Daniel Rodriguez at UFC 318.
