Ilia Topuria will defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight crown against Max Holloway in one of the year’s most anticipated bouts on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.
has arrived, and it represents one of the highlights of the year. Frankly, that would be true for whatever theput together under such an excellent main event this Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Fresh off an undeniably impressive title win over, himself coming off one of the best performances of the year at UFC 300.
It will be fascinating to see how Topuria handles this challenge. While Holloway has found increasing comfort and success in letting his opponents lead, getting off to a hot start and staying aggressive figures to be the best path to immediate success rather than giving the former champion any sort of space to work. Ideally, this would look like a supercharged version of Topuria’s win over Volkanovski.
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