Calvin Kattar Losses: Max Holloway, Zabit Magomedsharipov and Every Defeat in the UFC Featherweight’s Resume

Featherweight veteran Calvin Kattar will be returning to action at the historic UFC 300 pay-per-view. In his first fight since his injury loss to Arnold Allen in October 2022, he will be welcoming former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling to the 145-pound division, all the while attempting to avoid a third defeat in a row. A tall ask for the New England Cartel representative, given his current run of form. And that is what we will be closely examining today.

After fighting in several regional promotions, Calvin Kattar finally joined the UFC in 2017. He started off his UFC career strong with two wins in a row but soon succumbed to defeats. But who has defeated Kattar in the UFC? What does his resume look like? Let’s take a look at that front.

How many times has Calvin Katter lost inside the Octagon?

Calvin Kattar suffered his first loss in the UFC against Renato Moicano at UFC 223 in 2018. It was only his third fight in the promotion and he lost the fight via a unanimous decision. But the 36-year-old featherweight veteran turned his luck around, grabbing two straight wins before coming face-to-face against the highly touted Zabit Magomedsharipov in 2019.

The Russian was a wild card in the featherweight division, and ‘The Boston Finisher’ was, as fate would have it, his last opponent. In a decision that upset many fans, Kattar vs. Magomedsharipov was a main event set for just 3 rounds. And the Russian beat him on the judges’ scorecard (29-28 on all three).

Many fans questioned the Russian’s cardiovascular capabilities after the fight. Some even argued Kattar would have turned the tables on him if the fight had been a traditional 5-round main event. In June 2022, Magomedsharipov announced his retirement, while Kattar continued his journey against tougher opponents.

As was the case before, Calvin Kattar secured another two wins under his belt following the Magomedsharipov loss, but he could not get the momentum to keep going. He fought former champion Max Holloway in January 2021 and registered yet another unanimous decision loss. What was worse than the loss was the fashion in which Holloway dominated Kattar, beating him from pillar to post, landing a record-setting 445 significant strikes out of 700+ thrown.

The 36-year-old was able to get another win after the ‘Blessed’ fight by putting on a clinic against Giga Chikadze. However, he then lost two more times against Josh Emmett and Arnold Allen (suffering an injury in his last fight). This was also the first time he had lost two in a row in his career. But these are not the only losses he has had in his career. ‘The Boston Finisher’ has, in fact, had losses outside of the UFC as well.

Kattar’s MMA losses outside the UFC

Calvin Kattar had 18 professional fights under his belt before he joined the UFC in 2017 and boasted a record of 18 wins and two losses at the time. Those two losses came in regional promotions with the first professional loss of his career coming in his fourth-ever MMA fight, according to ‘Tapology‘. Calvin Kattar took on James Jones, who has an overall record of 16 wins and 16 losses, at EliteXC: Primetime in 2008. He lost the fight via a rear naked choke.

The second loss of Calvin Kattar’s MMA career came in 2010. It was a split decision loss in a Massachusetts Regional promotion against Don Carlos-Clauss.

As it stands, Kattar is a +136 underdog in his fight against Sterling. But that does not seem to faze the New England Cartel enforcer. Kattar told MiddleEasy that his focus was just on the task at hand and getting the win. Per the 36-year-old, all the pressure is on Sterling to live up to his resume and bold claims about the fight.

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