UFC 206: Holloway’s Interim Title Win and a 50% Finish Rate
Full UFC 206 results, Holloway–Pettis title stakes, Swanson–Choi scorecards and the card’s 50% finish rate across 12 bouts.
Max Holloway defeated Anthony Pettis by TKO at 4:50 of Round 3 to win the interim featherweight championship at UFC 206. The event took place on December 10, 2016, at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Across its 12 bouts, six ended by knockout/TKO or submission: a 50% finish rate. UFC official results, UFCStats event record
The card also included Donald Cerrone’s head-kick knockout of Matt Brown and Cub Swanson’s unanimous-decision victory over Dooho Choi. Those results illustrate an important distinction: a finish rate describes how bouts ended, not how much action they contained.
Full UFC 206 results
The table lists winners first, in reverse running order. Times are elapsed time within the listed round, not total fight duration. KO/TKO follows UFCStats’ combined outcome category.
| Card segment | Winner | Opponent | Result | Round, time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Max Holloway | Anthony Pettis | KO/TKO — punches | R3, 4:50 |
| Main | Donald Cerrone | Matt Brown | KO/TKO — kick | R3, 0:34 |
| Main | Cub Swanson | Dooho Choi | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 |
| Main | Kelvin Gastelum | Tim Kennedy | KO/TKO — punches | R3, 2:45 |
| Main | Emil Meek | Jordan Mein | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 |
| Prelims | Misha Cirkunov | Nikita Krylov | Submission — guillotine choke | R1, 4:38 |
| Prelims | Olivier Aubin-Mercier | Drew Dober | Submission — rear-naked choke | R2, 2:57 |
| Prelims | Viviane Pereira | Valerie Letourneau | Split decision | R3, 5:00 |
| Prelims | Matthew Lopez | Mitch Gagnon | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 |
| Early prelims | Lando Vannata | John Makdessi | KO/TKO — kick | R1, 1:40 |
| Early prelims | Rustam Khabilov | Jason Saggo | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 |
| Early prelims | Dustin Ortiz | Zach Makovsky | Split decision | R3, 5:00 |
Source: UFCStats, with broadcast segments from the contemporaneous UFC results report. UFC’s event landing page displays different times for several bouts; the table consistently uses UFCStats, whose finish times also match the contemporaneous report.
Why Holloway–Pettis was an interim title fight
UFC 206 was originally due to feature light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier against Anthony Johnson. Cormier withdrew because of injury, and Johnson did not receive a replacement opponent. Holloway–Pettis was promoted to a five-round main event for the interim featherweight belt, with José Aldo recognized as the undisputed champion. UFC announcement
The title eligibility then became one-sided. Holloway weighed 145 pounds; Pettis weighed 148, three pounds over the championship limit. The fight went ahead, but only Holloway could win the interim belt. UFC weigh-in results
Holloway’s stoppage extended his winning streak to 10 and captured the interim championship—it was not an undisputed-title win or a title defense. UFC’s post-fight report identified Aldo as the champion whose belt Holloway still needed to unify with his own. That distinction matters when counting title-fight wins versus defenses. UFC main-event report
Swanson–Choi: unanimous, but not identical scorecards
Swanson won 30–27, 30–27 and 29–28. All three judges selected the same winner, but their totals did not describe an identical margin. UFCStats recorded Swanson ahead 111–77 in significant strikes landed, including a 46–16 advantage in Round 3. Those are descriptive fight statistics, not a substitute for judging the rounds. UFCStats bout record
The bout later received recognition in the UFC Hall of Fame’s Fight Wing as part of the class of 2022. It remained a decision in the outcome data, regardless of its reputation as a memorable fight. UFC Hall of Fame announcement
What the 50% finish rate measures
For this calculation, the bout pool is all 12 fights held at UFC 206, across every weight class and card segment:
- Four KO/TKO results: 33.3% of the card.
- Two submissions: 16.7%.
- Six decisions: 50%, comprising four unanimous and two split decisions.
Thus, the finish rate is (4 + 2) ÷ 12 = 50%, calculated from the UFCStats event results. The main card alone was 3-for-5, or 60%; the seven preliminary bouts produced three finishes, or 42.9%.
This is a single-event description, not a division-level probability or a prediction for another card. With only 12 bouts, changing one outcome from decision to finish would move the rate by about 8.3 percentage points.