Max Holloway News

Adam Martin - September 27, 2019

UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway wants the UFC to hold an event in Hawaii, and he made an impassioned plea for the promotion to do so in a lengthy social media post. Here’s what “Blessed” wrote on his Instagram.

Adam Martin - September 23, 2019

The UFC announced over the weekend that UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will defend his title against Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 245. Now, the challenger has given his thoughts on the fight in the first interview since the bout was announced. Speaking to EMG Access, Volkanovski sounded extremely confident that he will get his hand raised against Holloway. Not only does Volkanovski believe he will win in impressive fashion, he’s already talking about giving Holloway his rematch once he wins.

Adam Martin - September 21, 2019

UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will put his title on the line at UFC 245 when he takes on challenger Alexander Volkanovski. The Daily Telegraph confirmed the fight between Holloway and Volkanovski for UFC 245, which takes place December 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Journalist Nick Walshaw tweeted the news. Journalist John Hyon Ko was the first to report news of the fight back in August, but now it’s confirmed.

Adam Martin - September 10, 2019

The UFC’s year-end pay-per-view card this December in Las Vegas, UFC 245, could potentially feature three title fights on it for a true blockbuster end to 2019. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani speculated that the UFC could consider stacking UFC 245 with three title fights. Here’s what the scribe tweeted.

Natasha Hooper - August 18, 2019

Max Holloway sent Daniel Cormier a heartfelt message following last night’s title loss to Stipe Miocic at UFC 241. The current UFC featherweight champ, Holloway, took to Instagram earlier this afternoon where he issued the following lengthy statement in support of Cormier.

Tom Taylor - August 16, 2019

Many fans were hoping to see Australia’s Alexander Volkanovski get the opportunity to challenge Max Holloway for the UFC featherweight title at UFC 243 this October in Melbourne, Australia. Unfortunately, UFC President Dana White says that won’t be happen. The UFC boss shared this unfortunate news on Submission Radio. He explained that Max Holloway, who just fought at UFC 240 in late July, will be unable to make the featherweight limit in time for the October card in Melbourne.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - August 1, 2019

Chael Sonnen is critical of how Jon Jones handles questions on his game. Jones is hailed as the pound-for-pound best mixed martial arts fighter in the world, but Sonnen has been on “Bones'” case for his drawing ability. While Sonnen has ripped into Jones as he believes the UFC light heavyweight champion fails to capitalize on opportunities, Sonnen feels the complete opposite about Max Holloway.

Natasha Hooper - July 30, 2019

After Frankie Edgar fell short of grasping the featherweight title against Max Holloway at UFC 240, the possibility that he will move down to 135 is floating in the air. This means “The Answer” would have a lot of fresh competition to get stuck into, and a perfect introduction to the bantamweight division could be none other than Dominick Cruz.

Tom Taylor - July 29, 2019

Max Holloway successfully defended the UFC featherweight title with a unanimous decision win at UFC 240, but his opponent Frankie Edgar didn’t make it particularly easy for him. Alex Volkanovski, the man widely expected to get the next crack at Holloway, was cage-side for the fight, and says he scored it more closely than the judges did. “I actually thought that was a really close,” Volkanovski told MMA Fighting. “Sitting on the sidelines there, I thought it was a bit closer than what the judges scored, 50-45. I thought Frankie might have won some rounds. Definitely competitive I thought.”

Tom Taylor - July 29, 2019

Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar finally shared the cage over the weekend, battling for five, tense rounds in the main event of UFC 240. In the end, Holloway won this fight by unanimous decision, retaining the UFC featherweight title in the process. In the wake of this bout, Holloway has been vocal about the respect that he feels for his vanquished foe. Speaking on his official Instagram account on Sunday, the featherweight champion summed up his thoughts on Edgar as eloquently as he has yet.

Natasha Hooper - July 29, 2019

At UFC 240, Max Holloway successfully defended his featherweight title against Frankie Edgar. The Hawaiian champion has strengthened his reign by defeating some of the UFC’s best talent — now including the former lightweight champion. This leaves many wondering, who will try and dethrone “Blessed” next? Australian fighter Alex Volkanovski is currently ranked number No. 1 in the featherweight division. He most recent fights have also been against top fighters. This includes back to back wins against Darren Elkins, Chad Mendes and Jose Aldo. He is yet to be defeated in the UFC’s Octagon and is confident he’s the man to unseat Holloway.

Cole Shelton - July 29, 2019

At UFC 240, Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar finally shared the Octagon together after two previous attempts failed. In the end, it was Hawaii’s Holloway who came out on top, beating “The Answer” by unanimous decision. It was a competitive fight with both Holloway and Edgar having their moments. Yet, it was the champion who landed the better strikes and defended the takedowns en route to victory.

Christopher Taylor - July 27, 2019

Frankie Edgar came up short in what was his third attempt to become a two division UFC champion tonight against Max Holloway. The New Jersey native gave the Hawaiian champion a tough twenty-five minute battle, but there was no question that after five rounds of action Holloway had done enough to earn a unanimous decision victory.

Natasha Hooper - July 27, 2019

Max Holloway put his UFC featherweight title on the line in tonight’s main event against Frankie Edgar. “Blessed” Holloway looked to bounce back from his recent loss against Dustin Poirier. Dustin and Max went all five rounds at UFC 236 for the promotions interim lightweight title, but “The Diamond” Poirier gained the victory over Holloway via an explosive unanimous decision win. That was the first defeat for the Hawaiian since his 2013 loss against Conor McGregor.

Chris Taylor - July 27, 2019

Max Holloway put his featherweight title on the line against Frankie Edgar in the headliner of tonight’s UFC 240 event in Edmonton. Holloway was returning to action for the first time since having his thirteen-fight win streak snapped by Dustin Poirier at April’s UFC 236 event in Atlanta.

Chris Taylor - July 27, 2019

Max Holloway will put his featherweight title on the line against Frankie Edgar in the headliner of tonight’s UFC 240 event in Edmonton. Holloway returns to action for the first time since having his thirteen-fight win streak snapped by Dustin Poirier at April’s UFC 236 event in Atlanta.

Chris Taylor - July 27, 2019

Max Holloway will put his featherweight title on the line later this evening against Frankie Edgar in the main event of UFC 240. ‘Blessed’ has dominated the division since 2017, scoring TKO victories over Brian Ortega Anthony Pettis and Jose Aldo (x2).

Chris Taylor - July 27, 2019

Stay glued to this page for all of tonight’s UFC 240 Results. The event, which takes place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is headlined by a featherweight title fight between Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar. ‘Blessed’ returns to action for the first time since having his thirteen-fight win streak snapped by Dustin Poirier at April’s UFC 236 event in Atlanta.