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UFC 206: Open Workouts Featuring Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway

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Open workouts for Saturday’s UFC 206 event in Toronto took place Wednesday featuring Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway and others.

Pettis and Holloway got in some work with the pad…

Open workouts for Saturday’s UFC 206 event in Toronto took place Wednesday featuring Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway and others.

Pettis and Holloway got in some work with the pads, while others like Donald Cerrone embraced the fans.

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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UFC 206 Lineup All Set For Saturday In Toronto

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The fight card for Saturday’s UFC 206 event is now set, as five bouts take place on pay-per-view from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

In the main event, Max Holloway and Anthony Petti…

The fight card for Saturday’s UFC 206 event is now set, as five bouts take place on pay-per-view from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

In the main event, Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis meet for the interim UFC featherweight title. The winner is expected to unify the belts vs. Jose Aldo in early 2017.

Also planned is a welterweight co-main event featuring Donald Cerrone and Matt Brown, while 145-pounders Cub Swanson and Doo Ho Choi collide.

The action starts on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET with three bouts, shifting over to FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET for four fights. Included there will be light heavyweights Misha Cirkunov and Nikita Krylov.

MAIN CARD (PPV/10 p.m. ET)

Interim UFC Featherweight Championship
Anthony Pettis vs. Max Holloway
Welterweight: Donald Cerrone vs. Matt Brown
Featherweight: Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi
Middleweight: Tim Kennedy vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Welterweight: Jordan Mein vs. Emil Weber Meek

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1/8 p.m. ET)

Light Heavyweight: Misha Cirkunov vs. Nikita Krylov
Lightweight: Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Drew Dober
Strawweight: Valerie Letourneau vs. Viviane Pereira
Bantamweight: Mitch Gagnon vs. Matthew Lopez

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/6:30 p.m. ET)

Lightweight: John Makdessi vs. Lando Vannata
Lightweight: Rustam Khabilov vs. Jason Saggo
Flyweight: Zach Makovsky vs. Dustin Ortiz

UFC 206: Inside The Octagon Breaks Down Holloway-Pettis, Swanson-Choi

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Two featherweight bouts set for this Saturday at UFC 206 go “Inside the Octagon” for a special in-depth analysis of the action this week.

Dan Hardy and John Gooden offer up their though…

Two featherweight bouts set for this Saturday at UFC 206 go “Inside the Octagon” for a special in-depth analysis of the action this week.

Dan Hardy and John Gooden offer up their thoughts on the interim UFC title fight between Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis, along with another 145-pound contest featuring Cub Swanson and Doo Ho Choi.

Dan Hardy and John Gooden analyze the featherweights at UFC 206 including the interim title matchup, Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis and Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi.

UFC 206: Watch List With Jon Anik, Sean Shelby (Video)

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Joe Silva is now gone, but that doesn’t mean the “Watch List” is leaving too.

UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby and Jon Anik got together for an in-depth look at Saturday’s UFC 206 card. The e…

Joe Silva is now gone, but that doesn’t mean the “Watch List” is leaving too.

UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby and Jon Anik got together for an in-depth look at Saturday’s UFC 206 card. The event features Anthony Pettis vs. Max Holloway for the interim UFC featherweight title.

Other planned bouts include Donald Cerrone vs. Matt Brown, Kelvin Gastelum vs. Tim Kennedy and Doo Ho Choi vs. Cub Swanson.

Max Holloway: I’ll Fight Conor McGregor At Any Weight To Get Rematch

Just like several other fighters, title contender Max Holloway wants to fight UFC lightweight champion, Conor McGregor. Holloway is scheduled to fight Anthony Pettis in the five-round main event of UFC 206 of this weekend for the interim featherweight title, which McGregor vacated due to inactivity. The winner of the Holloway vs. Pettis fight will meet

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The winner of the Holloway vs. Pettis fight will meet current featherweight champion Jose Aldo at a later date. Holloway (16-3) will look for his 10th consecutive victory this weekend, but he is also looking to get his revenge on McGregor, who handed Holloway his last loss. If Holloway wants to get a rematch with McGregor, it looks like he will have to chase the Irish superstar to another division get it.

However, that will not be a problem for Holloway, who said in a recent interview that he would fight the UFC megastar at any weight and that includes heavyweight.

“First things first, I’ve got Pettis,” Holloway said Friday to MMA Fighting. “But you know, a McGregor fight can happen anyway. He said 155, 170, I recently said I’ll go ahead and fight heavyweight if he wants to fight heavyweight.”

According to Holloway, he’d have no problem going up to 155 pounds and following McGregor to his new division if that’s what it takes to get the rematch.

“My birthday is in a couple days,” Holloway said. “I’m 25. My body is growing. You know? The plan is to kill everybody, take out all the contenders, no whining. When I get my title shot, I get my shot. Take down [opponents] and ask whose next and see what happens … I’m Hawaiian, I’m Polynesian, us boys can get big, so we’ll see what happens. I would love to do that,” Holloway said of repeated McGregor’s two-title feat. “Everybody hates on this guy. For what? If you had this opportunity, you know damn straight that you’d take it. If I had the opportunity, yes, it’s history. I want to break history. Like I said before, Conor McGregor set this bar, and I’m trying to break it. If you’re not trying to break it, then why are you in the game/ I’m not trying to be this guy just chugging along, I want to lead the pack. If I got this opportunity you’re damn straight I want to fight for two, give me three. Let’s make history.”

UFC 206 takes place on Saturday, December December 10, 2016, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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