Max Holloway believes the UFC was protecting Ilia Topuria from him and he plans to show why in their upcoming matchup.
on Oct. 26 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Topuria earned the belt with a second-round knockout win overBut Holloway doesn’t want to take anything away from Topuria for beating the man whom he lost to three times. However, “Blessed” believes the reason he hasn’t already faced Topuria is because the UFC was shielding the undefeated star. And the Hawaiian plans to show exactly why at UFC 308.
“A lot of people giving Ilia heat for the strength of schedule that he had. did what he was supposed to do. He won, plain and simple,” Holloway said on his YouTube channel. “He beat a guy that I had three times a to beat. And he did it, he had the shot. But I believe that UFC made me fight every other contender at except for him for a reason. And we’re here now and I’m gonna prove, come Oct. 26, why UFC was him away from me.
Holloway seemed far removed from the title picture after his third title loss to Volkanovski in 2022. While Holloway rebounded with wins overthis past April that really catapulted him back to the title picture.
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