Even if he reclaims UFC featherweight gold on Saturday, Max Holloway might not be done in the lightweight division.
headliner at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. That fight comes on the heels of a successful venture to 155 pounds, where he knocked outthis past April. Gaethje was regarded as one of the top title contenders at lightweight before that defeat, which has Holloway thinking about a potential matchup with current divisional kingpinin a lightweight title clash at UFC 223 before his weight cut was determined to be unsafe by the New York State Athletic Commission.on his YouTube channel.
After fighting the guy that he was supposed to fight next, he still was saying, I don’t know why I would fight him. But then recently his tone changed where he was like, Oh yeah, if I can get past Topuria, he’d be open to fight me. I was like, OK, that’s all we needed. We just needed that little crack in the door. I’ll squeeze my way through the rest, don’t worry about it.”Ilia Topuria: Winning WW Title Would Be 'Walk in the Park' vs.
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