Max Holloway
Featherweight’s Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway (4-1) and Pat ‘Thrilling’ Schilling (5-1) will both step into the Octagon for a second time when the two fighters square off at the TUF 15 Finale this June.
Officials with the UFC announced the matchup Friday night at UFC.com.
The TUF 15 Finale is expected to take place on June 1, 2012 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Welterweights Martin Kampmann and Jake Ellenberger are set to headline in a five-round non-title match..
Holloway debuted this past February with the UFC at UFC 143, replacing an injured Ricardo Lamas who replaced Erik Koch, in a bout versus Dustin Poirier. Poirier would finish Holloway in the first round with a mounted triangle/armbar submission at 3:23 of the round. The loss was Holloway’s first of his career after four straight wins.
Schilling holds an almost identical record as his opponent, suffering his first pro-loss in his UFC debut verus Daniel Pineda. The two met in Nashville on the UFC on FX 1 card, with Pineda finishing Schilling in the first round with a rear-naked choke submission. All five of Schilling’s previous wins came within the first round.