By halting the momentum of an up-and-coming contender, Max Holloway proved the doubters wrong at UFC on ESPN 44.
Alexander Volkanovski
As long as Volkanovski remains featherweight champion, there isn’t a clear path for Holloway to get to the top of the division. While “Blessed” has been open to an eventual move to 155 pounds, he wasn’t making any commitments on Saturday night. As it currently stands, Volkanovski is scheduled to defend his featherweight belt against Rodriguez at UFC 290 on July 8. If Volkanovski wins, a fourth fight against the Aussie might be unlikely for Holloway, but he isn’t ruling anything out at this point in time.
However, if another title shot isn’t in the cards in the near future, Holloway is intrigued by the possibility of facing a fellow featherweight veteran:“That is the only guy in my time with the older guys that I didn’t get to fight,” Holloway said. “I would love that fight. There’s a fight in my agent’s freaking country, Australia — Australia’s supposed to be happening sometime. We don’t know when. And if ‘Korean Zombie’ wants it, he can get it. I would love to fight him.
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