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Max Holloway’s name might not ring a bell in most households, but the UFC Featherweight contender is steadfast on attaining a 145-pound title shot.

“Blessed” would be recognized as one of the Top 3 fighters in his division, but when you have the names Conor McGregor, Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar in front of you, it’s kind of hard to shine.

Holloway was sat following his unanimous-decision win over past training partner Jeremy Stephens at the UFC 194 pay-per-view (PPV) last December because he needed thumb surgery.

His win over “Lil Heathen” was his eighth in as many tries and with his cast set to come off this upcoming Thursday (Feb. 18, 2016), the 24-year-old dynamic striker can start to plot his route to a title. And for Holloway, he would like a return fight against none other than ex-champion Jose Aldo.

From Holloway’s conversation with media last weekend in Las Vegas:

“He’s been the champ for so long, I don’t see why not. The only thing I see is he got hurt in that first fight. That kind of cost a lot and then that 13-second fight. It sucks, but I think that injury put it into play. He say he fight for a title and whatever. We’ll see how this Conor McGregor stuff goes. Why not do an interim title between Aldo and Holloway in Hawaii? That would be freaking ideal. We’ll see.”

As it stands, McGregor will be putting his featherweight belt into storage while he attempts to win a second belt off of lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 in less than a month. “Junior” isn’t too happy that “Notorious” threw out their secret deal and won’t accept any fight unless it’s for the strap he dropped in 13 seconds.

UFC president Dana White is coming around to the idea of an Aldo title fight, but those plans will likely hinge on the outcome of dos Anjos vs McGregor.

“The Answer” might be available, however, he’s also concentrating on getting what he deserves.

Where does this leave Holloway? Possibly on the outside looking in.

Will Brooks recently put Bellator on front street for what he sees as their disinterest in promoting him. But, to hear promotional front man Scott Coker tell it, that’s fine.

It’s not that Scott Coker doesn’t seem to understand that Will Brooks isn’t happy. He’s just not making a bigger public deal out of it than his lightweight champion. Brooks made his feelings about his current contract situation and Bellator’s treatment of him in a recent series of Tweets, saying that Bellator may have “decided not to use any resources” on promoting him after he made the decision to fight out his contract rather than signing an extension.

Brooks added that, as such, he would “do what’s best for [himself] and accomplish [his] next goal,” going on to make clear that he had already accomplished what he had set out for upon singing to Bellator. Whether this means his “next goal” could be possibly accomplished with a bigger Bellator contract, or if it’s something that can only be reached by fighting somewhere else isn’t entirely clear as of yet. But, signs seem to be pointing toward the latter.

And in Scott Coker’s world, that seems to be all fine and dandy. Coker recently spoke to MMAFighting about Brooks’ recent outpouring and he sounded pretty diplomatic about the whole thing:

“This is how it works,” Coker said. “Fighters are happy until they’re not happy. Right now, he’s not happy. That could change. I don’t take it personally. It’s just part of the business. If he’s gonna yap, he’s gonna yap. That’s just how it is.”
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“I think he’s a good fighter,” Coker said. “I think we’ll offer him some more fights and we’ll fight him out. Then, we’ll see. Free agency is gonna work both ways. Is he a fighter that we would go way out of our way to re-sign? I can’t answer that.”

It’s not exactly the high drama MMA fans are used to when it comes to unhappiness between fighters and promoters, but it’s a bit refreshing to hear two sides that seem to be keeping things as open ended and realistic as possible, rather than resorting to tearing one another down.

What, you thought the rivalry was over?

A few weeks after Dominick Cruz returned to the Octagon to reclaim his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight title by defeating T.J. Dillashaw at UFC Fight Night 81 (video replay here), “The Viper” is still heated with how everything went down.

That’s why he took to Instagram to blast Cruz for his running fighting style, saying that all he’ll need for the rematch is a good pair of sneakers and pillows, and obvious blow to what he perceives as lack of punching power on the part of Cruz.

His post (via Fox Sports):

Only equipment needed for the rematch against Cruz. Next training camp is going to be strictly running marathons and pillow fighting. Cause that little bitch doesn’t want to fight he wants to run and throw his pillows around that he calls fists! @danawhiteufc @ufc Give me the rematch to get back what is rightfully mine and should have never lost. No more being respectful or nice cause that doesn’t seem to get you S#%T anymore.

A photo posted by tjdillashaw (@tjdillashaw) on Feb 12, 2016 at 6:54am PST

Burn.

There’s no guarantee T.J. will get an instant do-over against “The Dominator,” as Urijah Faber is currently on the campaign trail to get his trilogy bout against Cruz.

Of course, UFC matchmakers could make it easier and have Faber and Dillashaw mix it up inside the Octagon to see who deserves the right to vie for the 135-pound strap next.

After all, the beef between the former teammates is already built in.