UFC 206 had already been reshaped quite a bit by injuries and other pull-outs, and the card just changed a little bit more: #5 contender Anthony Pettis missed weight for the UFC Interim Featherweight Championship main event by three whole pounds, weighing in at 148 lbs. This would have been just his 2nd fight at featherweight, though he used the one pound allowance to come in at 146 lbs. in his debut win over Charles Oliveira. Petits’s UFC 206 opponent, #2 contender Max Holloway, made “championship weight” on the dot at 145 lbs., and the belt will still be at stake if he wins.
The last time someone in a UFC title fight missed weight was when Travis Lutter weighed in a two pounds over and then one and a half pounds over in his second attempt before fighting Anderson Silva. Johny Hendricks missed weight on his first attempt before his first fight with Robbie Lawler, but made it on the second attempt. Since the UFC’s adoption of earlier weigh-ins, there is no longer any kind of grace period after the first attempt. You can strip if you think your clothing puts you over the limit, but that’s it. There’s no more additional hour to try and drop the remaining weight.
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Pettis was not the only fighter to miss weight. Valerie Letourneau did as well, coming in one and a half pounds over the non-title limit, while Rustam Khabilov came in two pounds over.
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UFC 206 had already been reshaped quite a bit by injuries and other pull-outs, and the card just changed a little bit more: #5 contender Anthony Pettis missed weight for the UFC Interim Featherweight Championship main event by three whole pounds, weighing in at 148 lbs. This would have been just his 2nd fight at featherweight, though he used the one pound allowance to come in at 146 lbs. in his debut win over Charles Oliveira. Petits’s UFC 206 opponent, #2 contender Max Holloway, made “championship weight” on the dot at 145 lbs., and the belt will still be at stake if he wins.
The last time someone in a UFC title fight missed weight was when Travis Lutter weighed in a two pounds over and then one and a half pounds over in his second attempt before fighting Anderson Silva. Johny Hendricks missed weight on his first attempt before his first fight with Robbie Lawler, but made it on the second attempt. Since the UFC’s adoption of earlier weigh-ins, there is no longer any kind of grace period after the first attempt. You can strip if you think your clothing puts you over the limit, but that’s it. There’s no more additional hour to try and drop the remaining weight.
Pettis was not the only fighter to miss weight. Valerie Letourneau did as well, coming in one and a half pounds over the non-title limit, while Rustam Khabilov came in two pounds over.
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
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.
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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.”
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“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.”
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
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.
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.
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