The bout was hardly personal, but that doesn’t mean Holloway didn’t gain added motivation from those wondering if his best days were behind him.
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Indeed, the more experienced Kattar (the New England native made his pro debut three years before Holloway) put on a spirited effort against Holloway, but the end result of their fight was a lopsided unanimous decision nod for “Blessed.” According to the official stats, Holloway landed a UFC-record 445 significant strikes on Kattar. I’m one of those ones, you don’t want to mess with me I’ll probably take your girlfriend. “Like I said, you guys be putting that narrative that his boxing was better, was putting out the narrative that he was older and I was a freshman, but like I said, sometimes there’s freshmen, there’s true freshmen, and sometimes there’s freshmen that come up and they take your girlfriend. Maybe Muhammad Ali put a little bit of spirit in me or something, that was a little bit of Muhammad right there. “They’re in the moment, just the right place and right time on ABC. “I don’t know,” Holloway said at Saturday’s post-fight presser. Against Ricardo Lamas at UFC 199, he put an exclamation point on a decision win by pointing to the mat and daring Lamas to stand toe-to-toe with him in the center of the octagon against Brian Ortega at UFC 231, he appeared to offer Ortega a mid-fight striking defense tutorial even as he was battering him senseless.Īsked where he gets this stuff from, Holloway couldn’t explain it. Holloway’s stardom has risen through the years not only because of his victories and his reign as featherweight champion, but because of the warrior attitude he regularly puts on display. I was in my bag today.Max Holloway is built different, man #UFCFightIsland7 I found out I hit him 700 times or something.
Just blessed to be on ABC, blessed to have fans back, blessed to be the first card of the year, blessed to be here in Etihad Arena – the first time – to be the first main event and send new numbers. “That was a little bit of Muhammad right there. "Maybe Muhammad Ali put a little bit of spirit in me, I don't know,” Holloway said, in reference to his ducking and diving when he turned away from Kattar. ABC used to have a strong tradition for hosting the most prominent names in boxing. The UFC aired on ABC network in the United States for the first time and it was also the first event since 2018 to be broadcast on network television. I think for a guy like him to watch this fight tonight when he’s the No 1 contender, the way that he looked, Volkanovski can’t even deny Max deserves another shot.” On the reigning champion, White said: “Listen, he’s got this Ortega fight coming up. He went out and treated him like No 6, so he did what he needed to do in spectacular fashion tonight. “Tonight, he fought a bad dude that a lot of people thought was going to beat him. Sometimes, No 8 is more dangerous than No 3.
When you’re the No 1 contender in the world, you’ve got the top 10 guys in the world.
I mean, when you’re the champion, you have the top five guys in the world gunning at you. Speaking just beforehand, UFC president Dana White said Holloway deserved another shot at Volkanovski. And the best is 'Blessed,' baby, so bring them all." You know the saying: to be the best, you've go to beat the best. Hard work? I ain't scared of no hard work. To get my first title, I had to win 10 fights and an interim. When we get faced with the opportunity then we see. I’m going to stay ready, do whatever I’ve got to do. At the end of the day I’m not going to force anyone to fight me. He knows who’s the toughest challenge he knows it’s me. He didn’t say he wants a tougher challenge. “He doesn’t want a tougher fight guys,” said Holloway, whose nickname is ‘Blessed’. The Australian is set to take on Brian Ortega in late March, and has repeatedly rejected talk of a third match-up against Holloway. However, both were considered contentious. The victory returned Holloway to winning ways after successive point-losses to Volkanovski, with the most recent being at the original Fight Island in Abu Dhabi in July. I got to talk to a little bit in there, let him know I'm coming for his job. At one point late on, the Hawaiian turned away from Kattar to scream to the broadcast team cage-side that he was the best boxer in the UFC – a reference to pre-fight predictions that his opponent would out-perform him when it came to trading blows.Īsked if it was his best display to date in his 24 UFC fights, Holloway said: “For sure. Holloway took the bout 50-43, 50-43, 50-42 and in the process set a number of records, including for significant strikes landed (445, previous 290) and significant strike attempts (744, previous 515).
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