Max Holloway News
Jose Aldo responds to comments from Conor McGregor, Max Holloway and two top contenders after UFC Fortaleza
Tom Taylor - February 3, 2019
Last night, in the co-main event of UFC Fortaleza on ESPN+, former UFC featherweight champ and bona fide MMA legend Jose Aldo picked up another huge win, this time at the expense of Renato Moicano, who he dispatched with a volley of second-round punches. This victory generated reactions from many MMA stars — including several of Aldo’s rivals in Conor McGregor, Brian Ortega, Alexander Volkanovski and reigning featherweight champ Max Holloway.
Max Holloway teams up with Jameson Whiskey, seemingly takes shot at Conor McGregor
Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019
UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway does not seem to agree with Conor McGregor that ‘Proper Twelve’ is Ireland’s best whiskey. ‘Blessed’ recently took to Twitter where he shared the following post proclaiming ‘Jameson Whiskey’ to be a “true pillar of Ireland”.
Dana White reacts to TJ Dillashaw's goal of fighting Max Holloway for third title
Tom Taylor - January 18, 2019
On Saturday night, in the main event of the UFC’s first-ever card on ESPN+, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will challenge flyweight champion Henry Cejudo in a bid to become one of the sport’s rare two-division champions. Apparently, however, winning two belts is only the primary goal for TJ Dillashaw. In the lead-up to this fight with Cejudo, Dillashaw has repeatedly mentioned that he’s interested in eventually moving up to the featherweight division to battle local champ Max Holloway for a third UFC belt.
Firas Zahabi explains why he'd pick Max Holloway to beat Conor McGregor in rematch
Tom Taylor - January 8, 2019
During a recent Ask Me Anything session on the official Tristar YouTube channel, renowned MMA coach Firas Zahabi was asked for his thoughts on a rematch between former UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and current UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway. When the pair first met in 2013, McGregor walked away with a unanimous decision victory. If the pair were to rematch in the year 2019, however, Zahabi says he’d pick Holloway to come out on top — potentially even by stoppage.
VIDEO | Brian Ortega gets pins removed from broken thumb
Chris Taylor - January 5, 2019
Brian Ortega challenged Max Holloway for the UFC featherweight title at December’s UFC 231 event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After a valiant effort, “T-City” eventually fell victim to the “Blessed Era” via fourth-round TKO.
Let's have some fun: Nate Diaz vs. Max Holloway at lightweight
Chris Taylor - December 22, 2018
Max Holloway handed Brian Ortega the first loss of his professional career earlier this month at UFC 231 and made it look easy. The current UFC featherweight kingpin, Holloway battered “T-City” with a record-setting number of significant strikes on route to a fourth-round TKO victory.
Heavy Lies The Crown: Max Holloway Edition
Chris Taylor - December 22, 2018
In this week’s “Heavy Lies the Crown” feature, BJPENN.com’s Chris Taylor takes a look at the dangerous challenges awaiting current UFC featherweight king Max Holloway. “Blessed” defended his 145-pound title in stunning fashion earlier this month at UFC 231, scoring a lopsided TKO victory over an insanely tough Brian Ortega in Toronto.
Estimated PPV buys for UFC 231 card released
Tom Taylor - December 21, 2018
The estimate for the pay-per-view buys of the recent UFC 231 card has been released. Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that the card, which was headlined by a featherweight title fight between champ Max Holloway and formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega, did roughly 240,000 – 300,000 pay-per-view buys. From WON, the current estimates for #UFC231 is 240k-300k buys. #UFC
Dear MMA Gods | Bless us with Max Holloway vs Tony Ferguson
Drake Riggs - December 12, 2018
Hawaii’s Max “Blessed” Holloway is the current best 145-pound fighter on the planet. At only 27 years old, Holloway calls himself the undisputed UFC champion. Since the third loss of his professional career in August 2013, Holloway has meteorically risen to elite status in not just his division but all of MMA. His current 13-fight winning streak that includes an interim title and two title defenses is only second to the UFC record of 16 that was set by Anderson Silva over the course of 2006 to 2012.
Frankie Edgar explains why he is "definitely the guy" to challenge Max Holloway next
Christopher Taylor - December 10, 2018
Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar was expected to challenge Max Holloway for the promotions featherweight title at UFC 222. Unfortunately for fight fans, that contest failed to come to fruition after “Blessed” suffered an injury in training.
Max Holloway set a bunch of records in his UFC 231 fight with Brian Ortega
Christopher Taylor - December 9, 2018
Current UFC featherweight kingpin Max Holloway set a bunch of records in his impressive UFC 231 victory over Brian Ortega last night in Toronto. “Blessed” put on an absolute clinic in last night’s main event, peppering Brian Ortega with punches for the better part of twenty minutes before doctors were eventually forced to call a stop to the action.
Conor McGregor reacts to Max Holloway's victory over Brian Ortega
Christopher Taylor - December 9, 2018
Former UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and current division title holder Max Holloway are two of the promotions biggest stars. The UFC standouts have actually squared off in the past, with Conor McGregor emerging victorious by way of unanimous decision. That fight took place over five years ago, at UFC Fight Night 26 in Boston.
Max Holloway still doesn't consider himself the greatest featherweight of all time
Tom Taylor - December 9, 2018
Shortly after UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title with a emphatic stoppage defeat of Brian Ortega, UFC President Dana White praised him as one of “the all-time greats.” “It’s impossible not to talk about him among the all-time greats,” White said of Holloway post-fight.
Dana White defends Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega stoppage
Tom Taylor - December 9, 2018
Last night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time, thumping formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega with such severity that the cage-side doctor stopped the fight between the fourth and fifth rounds. While not everybody agreed with the doctor’s decision to end the fight, UFC President Dana White believes it was the right decision.
Dana White shares his ideal plan for 'all-time great' Max Holloway after UFC 231
Tom Taylor - December 9, 2018
On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time with a stoppage defeat of the formerly undefeated Brian Ortega. Shortly after Holloway’s impressive featherweight title defense, UFC President Dana White reiterated that he feels the featherweight champion would be wise to move up to the lightweight division, where he’d endure a less taxing weight-cut.
After UFC 231 win, Max Holloway targets several lightweight superfights
Tom Taylor - December 9, 2018
After his thrilling, stoppage defeat of Brian Ortega at UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is interested in heading up to lightweight to battle some of the division’s top stars. Of all the dangerous fighters in the UFC lightweight division, none interest Holloway more than undefeated champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Fighters react to Max Holloway stopping Brian Ortega at UFC 231
Chris Taylor - December 8, 2018
Tonight’s UFC 231 event was headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring reigning champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Max Holloway returned to action tonight for the first time since UFC 218 in December of 2017, where he defeated former division kingpin Jose Aldo for a second time by way of TKO.
UFC 231 Results: Max Holloway TKO's Brian Ortega (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - December 8, 2018
Tonight’s UFC 231 event is headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring current champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Max Holloway (19-3 MMA) has not competed since UFC 218 in December of 2017, when he defeated former division kingpin Jose Aldo for a second time by way of TKO.