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Max Holloway Blasts Jose Aldo: Brazil Deserves Better

Interim UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway doesn’t seem to be the biggest fan of undisputed 145-pound titleholder Jose Aldo. After extending his winning streak to an incredible 10 straight and winning the interim strap with a dominant performance over Anthony Pettis at last months’s UFC 206, Holloway called out Aldo, who expected the fight to

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Interim UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway doesn’t seem to be the biggest fan of undisputed 145-pound titleholder Jose Aldo.

After extending his winning streak to an incredible 10 straight and winning the interim strap with a dominant performance over Anthony Pettis at last months’s UFC 206, Holloway called out Aldo, who expected the fight to take place at UFC 208 in Brooklyn in February. Holloway, however, suffered an ankle injury and is unable to fight again next month.

With that being said, there were rumors of Aldo moving up in weight to accept an interim lightweight title bout. If “Scarface” isn’t available when Holloway plans to return in May, the Hawaiian is willing to defend his interim title:

“I’m not going to wait around,” Holloway told MMAjunkie Radio. “I’ll defend the interim title 10 times if I have to.”

If he were to defend his title, Holloway said he would be interested in facing off with former lightweight boss Frankie Edgar and cleaning out the division:

“I want to fight Edgar,” he said. “I’d love to fight Edgar. I’d take that fight in a heartbeat. Former champion, back on his win streak, he fought Aldo, and if I can do my thing and win the fight convincingly, (I will) prove to people (I deserve the belt). I’m not trying to race through the division; I’m trying to clean out the division.”

“Blessed” then said that he’s been calling out the division’s top names for years without much success. Now, however, he implied that he will he get his wish:

“I’ve been calling out Chad Mendes, Jose Aldo, Frankie Edgar forever,” he said. “I’ve been calling out the top-five guys every damn time. We just wasn’t getting a fight. Now it’s here, and I want them even more. The storyline is even better.”

At the end of the day, it’s likely that Holloway and Aldo will face off in a title unifier later this year and he invited the Brazilian’s fans to come over to his side:

“Brazil deserves better,” Holloway said. “Get off the Aldo train. Waldo’s train? Where is the train? My train is easy to find. Come on over.”

Would you like to see these two featherweight titans square off?

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Anthony Pettis Will Move Back To Lightweight After UFC 206 Loss

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis was slated to fight surging contender Max “Blessed” Holloway for the interim featherweight title in the main event of last night’s (Dec. 10, 2016) UFC 206 from Toronto, Canada, but the belt ended up not being on the line for him after he missed weight by three pounds.

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The two men did end up scrapping, however, although it ended up being a rough night for “Showtime”, as he was picked apart and finished in the third round. Pettis said in his post-fight interview that he broke his hand in the opening round and he also added that he’ll be heading back up to 155-pounds after the rough weight cut:

“(I broke my hand on the) first punch,” Pettis said in the Octagon, who suffered a broken hand early in the bout. “First right I hit him with hit him on the top of the head. Broke my hand. It’s fucking swollen right here, so I got to deal with that shit.”

“(It’s) too much to make the cut, bro,” Pettis said. “I was dying from the weight cut. Literally they had to pull me out of the sauna. I depleted my body, so it’s too much of a cut. I have to go back (to lightweight). I can’t make the 45 weight cut. It’s too much.”

While there were certainly some factors that played into Pettis’ lackluster performance, he did say that Holloway is the real deal:

“Max Holloway’s a beast, bro,” Pettis said. “I swear. Kid did this right, man. He got in here and would stand with me and he got the belt, bro. He’s a good fighter.”

Who would you like to see “Showtime” meet next?

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Five Biggest Takeaways From UFC 206

UFC 206 went down last night (Dec. 10, 2016) live on pay-per-view (PPV) from Toronto, Canada, and although the card was being overlooked, it ended up delivering in a big way. The main card produced some exciting fights and multiple fighters made tremendous statements in their respective divisions. Let’s take a look at the biggest

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Let’s take a look at the biggest takeaways from UFC 206:

1) Max Holloway Is A Legitimate Title Threat

Max “Blessed” Holloway has likely been deserving of a featherweight title shot for quite some time now, but after last night he can no longer be denied.

Extending his winning streak to an incredibly ten straight, Holloway dominated former lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis to become the interim 145-pound champion. With the victory, Holloway has now earned himself a unification bout with Jose Aldo, who was recently promoted to undisputed champion after the UFC stripped Conor McGregor of his title.

The 25-year-old Hawaiian has only improved over time and we may be looking at a future undisputed champion.

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Max Holloway Issues Challenge To Conor McGregor, Blasts Jose Aldo

Newly crowned UFC interim featherweight champion Max Holloway has it all to play for right now. Currently on a 10-fight win streak, ‘Blessed’ shares a place in the top five longest sprees in UFC history. Rubbing shoulders with the likes of Demetrious Johnson, Royce Gracie, Anderson Silva, GSP and Jon Jones, the future is very

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Taking on the former lightweight champion in Canada last night (Saturday December 10, 2016) the Hawaiian native looked typically sharp. Now that he’s up there with the all-time greatest streaks, one obvious fight could prove pivotal in all respects. Having been recently promoted to full champion again, Jose Aldo has been a hot topic for Holloway lately.

Where’s Waldo?

Speaking during the UFC 206 post-fight press conference, Max Holloway discussed his impending unification bout against Jose Aldo. ‘Blessed’ was offended by Aldo’s actions over the recent months, and is even more adamant about making an example of the Brazilian now. As quoted by FOX Sports:

“This is my golden ticket. That mother (expletive) is always getting hurt and pulling out, it might as well have been the real belt,” Holloway said about Aldo. “Most true fans know the story. Conor’s (McGregor) coach even said I’m the best 145’er in the world and then Jose’s over here saying he wants to retire, unretire, then he gets the belt, now he has the belt, now he wants to go up a weight class instead of fight so I don’t know.

“Where’s Jose Waldo? Let me know when you find him. Team work [makes] the dream work. If more of us can look for him, we’re going to find him together. We’ll see what happens. Most true fans know the storyline and most true fans said this should have been for the real belt.”

Don’t Wait

“I don’t want to give up my son’s birthday and Christmas for Feb. 11 and he doesn’t show up. This guy has a knack for not showing up so we’ll see what happens. I’ve got to talk to Dana White first, I’ve got a brunch that I want to sit down and talk to him and Sean Shelby and we can talk business.”

“I was looking out for Aldo, I thought he wanted to fight and this guy’s saying he’s the best in the world, come and prove it. I don’t believe in guys waiting for title shots. That means that you’re a pussy, you don’t believe that you’re the best guy in the world,” Holloway said. “I believe I’m the best guy in the world.”

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Challenge to McGregor

“If I’ve got to defend this thing 10 times before I get the undisputed (belt) that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to prove to you guys, prove to myself and prove to everyone that I’m the best mother (expletive) walking on two feet and you guys are all going to witness it. This is the ‘Blessed’ show now and I’m taking over.”

“I ain’t over here begging for fights. If that guy wants to fight me, he can come fight me,” Holloway said towards McGregor. “I ain’t going to beg. We’ve got so (many) guys on their knees begging to fight him. If he wants to fight me, he can come see me.

“If he wants to fight the best, you come fight ‘Blessed’.”

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Cub Swanson: Conor McGregor Made Featherweight Ridiculous

The winner of tonight’s (Dec. 10, 2016) UFC 206 main event between Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis will likely go on to meet Jose Aldo, who was recently promoted to undisputed 145-pound champion after the UFC stripped McGregor of his title. The Irishman, who now also holds the promotion’s lightweight strap, hadn’t defended the 145-pound

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Some have had mixed feelings on the situation, but fellow featherweight contender Cub Swanson, who will also fight tonight, couldn’t be happier:

“I think a lot of people look at it like, oh man, this division sucks now, but I couldn’t be happier,” Cub Swanson said at the Ultimate Media Day on Thursday (Via MMAFighting). “I think what he was doing to the division was ridiculous. I thought the way it was handled was stupid. There’s only one belt, and you hold it hostage for so long. We had a champion in [Jose] Aldo who has been dominant, and amazing, but he hardly fought.

“So if we’re lucky enough to get a fight with him, your next chance would be so far down the road. And then Conor comes in, wins, [you think] okay, this is exciting…and then he fights one time, and leaves the division for two different weight classes.”

At the end of the day, Swanson feels as if what McGregor was doing simply wasn’t fair to the rest of the division:

“It just wasn’t fair to anybody else in the division,” he said. “It was like, why are we fighting? What is our end goal? We have nothing. So it was just, you know, you can look at it in different ways, but honestly, in my opinion, it was ridiculous. I’m glad to see our division rolling again, and I think you’re going to see exciting fights that people will appreciate.”

Do you agree with Swanson’s comments?

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Max Holloway: Why Does Everybody Hate On Conor McGregor?

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Currently riding a nine-fight win streak, UFC featherweight Max Holloway finally gets a shot at gold this weekend. Although it’s the interim title, a victory will at least guarantee ‘Blessed’ a unification bout in 2017. In a game where nothing is ever certain, at the minimum a junior title is a ticket to the full championship show. Facing Anthony Pettis in the UFC 206 main event, Holloway looks to win his tenth straight UFC fight in just over two years. For a guy who’s only been fighting since 2010, the Hawaiian native’s 16-3 record is very impressive.

During his four-year stint under the UFC banner, Holloway, especially lately, has claimed some big scalps. En route to Saturday’s scrap with Pettis, ‘Blessed’ has defeated Andre Fili, Ricardo Lamas, Cub Swanson, Jeremy Stephens, Charles Oliveira and other tough competition. To say he’s hungry for a title shot right now would be a massive understatement. For some time it looked as though Holloway would face Jose Aldo, but factors at lightweight and light-heavyweight saw that change.

Circumstance

Although clearly the most viable contender for the next featherweight title fight, circumstances have been strange at 145. Conor McGregor, after defeating Aldo at UFC 194, spent a year fighting in two other weight classes. That story ended once McGregor had won the lightweight belt at UFC 205, and was later stripped of the featherweight strap. Aldo, now promoted to full boss, is unable to fight until next year. Adding to the complication was the need for an intriguing UFC 206 main event, and so Holloway vs. Pettis for the interim title was born.

Even though McGregor held up the 145-pound division, and holds a win over ‘Blessed,’ Holloway isn’t mad at the Irish striker. Here’s what this weekend’s main event star told Champions.co about McGregor and this weekend’s action:

Why The Hate?

“Everybody hates on this guy – for what? If you had the opportunity, you know damn straight you’d take it,”

“If I had the opportunity, yes – it’s history,” Holloway said. “I want to make history. I want to break history. Conor McGregor set this bar, and bars are always meant to be broken. If you’re not trying to shoot or break it, then why are you in the game, then? I’m not trying to be this guy just chugging along. I’m trying to be the leader of the pack.”

“I’m not trying to go for the ‘Fight of the Night’ performance – that means the guy was my equal, and I don’t want an equal in there,” Holloway said. “I go out there and I make people wonder, ‘Why is this guy here? Why did they match me with him? This is a horrible matchup.’ Max is making this guy look easy, and that’s what I plan to do.”

Finalized UFC 206 Fight Card

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