Max Holloway on Jose Aldo: ‘I have more wins than this guy has fights in the UFC’

Holloway was keen to point out that he has more wins than Aldo’s total number of fights in the UFC.

By now, everyone knows Max Holloway’s name.

Despite riding a 9-fight win streak and beating some of the best competitors in the featherweight division, it still felt as though ‘Blessed’ was somewhat underappreciated prior to his interim title bout with Anthony Pettis at UFC 206.

When Holloway captured interim gold and TKO’d ‘Showtime’ in the third round, however, the proud Hawaiian had cemented his spot as one of the best fighters in the world, elevating to No. 10 in the official UFC pound-for-pound rankings.

Official 145 lbs champ Jose Aldo, though, who was gifted the belt after the UFC decided to strip Conor McGregor of the title last month, isn’t too impressed.

The Brazilian called Holloway’s title ‘bullsh*t’, but also acknowledged that the interim title he received after beating Frankie Edgar at UFC 200 didn’t count for much either.

“This interim belt is bulls**t,” Aldo said about Holloway’s title in a recent interview. “Even when I won it [in July at UFC 200] I said that. It is just a f****ing excuse that someone created to save events. That is what this belt means.”

Holloway, now a winner of ten straight, was quick to point out the rather alarming fact that he has more wins than Aldo has UFC fights.

“Someone pointed something crazy out to me, man,” Holloway told Duane Finley of Flo Combat. “I am on a 10 fight-winning streak and I have more wins than this guy has fights in the UFC. And this guy was our former champion? Come on, man. People talking out saying my interim title is fake, but the last time I checked I’m the one who actually fought for my title. The sh*t didn’t get handed to me twice like this other guy.”

Aldo, a two-promotion champion, has only had nine fights in the UFC, while Holloway has ten wins and almost double the number of ‘Scarface’s’ total fights (16).

The Waiʻanae native also highlighted how Aldo has a tendency to pull out of fights at the last minute, and said he can’t trust him to show up for UFC 208 on Feb. 11, the pay-per-view that is rumored to host their title unification bout in the main event.

“The thing is I would love to fight on February 11 but there’s no way I can trust this guy to show up,” Holloway said. “If I could trust this guy and know without a doubt he would show up on that date it wouldn’t be a problem, but this guy has a knack for not showing up to fight. Injuries happen, and I know how that goes, but injuries happen to this guy four or five times more than anyone else.”

If Holloway doesn’t fight Aldo at UFC 208, the 25-year-old is likely to face him on March 4th at UFC 209.

Holloway was keen to point out that he has more wins than Aldo’s total number of fights in the UFC.

By now, everyone knows Max Holloway’s name.

Despite riding a 9-fight win streak and beating some of the best competitors in the featherweight division, it still felt as though ‘Blessed’ was somewhat underappreciated prior to his interim title bout with Anthony Pettis at UFC 206.

When Holloway captured interim gold and TKO’d ‘Showtime’ in the third round, however, the proud Hawaiian had cemented his spot as one of the best fighters in the world, elevating to No. 10 in the official UFC pound-for-pound rankings.

Official 145 lbs champ Jose Aldo, though, who was gifted the belt after the UFC decided to strip Conor McGregor of the title last month, isn’t too impressed.

The Brazilian called Holloway’s title ‘bullsh*t’, but also acknowledged that the interim title he received after beating Frankie Edgar at UFC 200 didn’t count for much either.

“This interim belt is bulls**t,” Aldo said about Holloway’s title in a recent interview. “Even when I won it [in July at UFC 200] I said that. It is just a f****ing excuse that someone created to save events. That is what this belt means.”

Holloway, now a winner of ten straight, was quick to point out the rather alarming fact that he has more wins than Aldo has UFC fights.

“Someone pointed something crazy out to me, man,” Holloway told Duane Finley of Flo Combat. “I am on a 10 fight-winning streak and I have more wins than this guy has fights in the UFC. And this guy was our former champion? Come on, man. People talking out saying my interim title is fake, but the last time I checked I’m the one who actually fought for my title. The sh*t didn’t get handed to me twice like this other guy.”

Aldo, a two-promotion champion, has only had nine fights in the UFC, while Holloway has ten wins and almost double the number of ‘Scarface’s’ total fights (16).

The Wai?anae native also highlighted how Aldo has a tendency to pull out of fights at the last minute, and said he can’t trust him to show up for UFC 208 on Feb. 11, the pay-per-view that is rumored to host their title unification bout in the main event.

“The thing is I would love to fight on February 11 but there’s no way I can trust this guy to show up,” Holloway said. “If I could trust this guy and know without a doubt he would show up on that date it wouldn’t be a problem, but this guy has a knack for not showing up to fight. Injuries happen, and I know how that goes, but injuries happen to this guy four or five times more than anyone else.”

If Holloway doesn’t fight Aldo at UFC 208, the 25-year-old is likely to face him on March 4th at UFC 209.