“Blessed” is almost definitely completed with Featherweight.
Max Holloway suffered his first knockout lack of his legendary Final Combating Championship (UFC) at UFC 308 yesterday (Sat., Oct. 26, 2024) when Featherweight champion Ilia Topuria landed a depraved left hook that planted Holloway on the canvas from inside Etihad Area in Abu Dhabi, UAE (watch highlights).
Following being knocked out for the primary time, Holloway spoke to the media in the course of the UFC 308 post-fight press convention (watch right here) and teased a everlasting transfer to the Light-weight division.
“I’m going sit down with my group. I had the perfect 145 reduce right here, however what else is there to do?” Holloway stated. “I had a few instances to reclaim [the Featherweight title], however with new guys developing, yeah, that might be enjoyable, however I believe 155 appears to be like extra enjoyable for combating simply extra the caliber, everybody there, and the names there, it will look actually thrilling to place my identify within the combine.”
Holloway has been a staple of the Featherweight division for his total UFC profession, however as he talked about, there isn’t a lot left for him to perform apart from combating up-and-coming killers like Diego Lopes or Movsar Evolev.
“Blessed” has a 1-1 file within the Light-weight, and his final outing in that division was his completely epic knockout of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300. Assuming he does make the transfer, there are entertaining matchups with Michael Chandler, Rafael Fiziev, and, in fact, rematches with Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier.
The combined martial arts (MMA) world should wait a number of months for Holloway to find out his subsequent transfer as a result of he intends to return in mid-2025.
“We’ll sit down with the group, calm down, there’s nothing wanted to be dashing again proper now,” Holloway stated. “In all probability attempt to come again summer time, huge July card in Vegas, do one thing, see what occurs. [The Lightweight division] appears to be like actually good proper now.”
For full UFC 308 outcomes, protection, and highlights, click on HERE.
