5 best UFC fighters under the age of 30

#2 Max Holloway - UFC featherweight

Max Holloway vs Alexander Volkanovski

Max Holloway is an MMA veteran and a former UFC featherweight champion. He has faced some of the toughest fighters in the UFC, including Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor and Charles Oliveira. He was just 20 when he signed with the UFC in 2012, and although he has had an incredible MMA journey, he is yet to hit 30.

Holloway holds several records in the UFC that are not easy to emulate even for senior fighters in the promotion. He holds the record for the most fights (22), most wins (17) and most KO/TKO wins (8) in UFC featherweight history, among other achievements. He also has the records for the most significant strikes attempted (+744) and landed (+445) in a single fight in UFC history.

.@BlessedMMA says he is the best boxer in the UFC... as well as the second, third, and fourth best 😂"It's just going to keep on going down."Watch full video: https://t.co/Y58VpSY56Y pic.twitter.com/wDFOONImCj

— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) July 9, 2021

Due to the aforementioned achievements and many more that would need another page to list, Max Holloway is considered one of the best fighters across all age groups. The fact that he is still under 30 makes him that much more awesome.

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#1 Brandon Moreno - UFC flyweight champion

UFC 263: Adesanya vs Vettori 2

Brandon Moreno is an assassin with a baby face, which is why his nickname 'Assassin Baby' is aptly given. The Mexican MMA fighter greets his friends and opponents the same way, with one of the warmest smiles one has seen. However, the UFC flyweight champion is a different person inside the octagon.

A Muay-Thai practitioner and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black-belt holder, Moreno, has come a long way to sit atop the UFC flyweight throne. Following consecutive losses in 2017 and 2018, he was cut from the UFC. However, winning the LFA flyweight championship on his debut in 2019 helped him return to the UFC and prove why he is the best in the division.

BRANDON MORENO DEFEATS DEIVESON FIGUEIREDO TO BECOME THE UFC FLYWEIGHT CHAMP 💪#UFC263(via @ufc)pic.twitter.com/3M8pXPhpxn

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 13, 2021

Brandon Moreno started his MMA career in 2011 when he was just 17 . After picking up a record of 19-5-2 in ten years, including 14 stoppage wins, he has established himself as one of the best MMA fighters and the reigning UFC flyweight champion at the age of 27.