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Max Holloway To Meet Anthony Pettis At UFC 206

Max Holloway has been campaigning for a big fight for quite some time now, after having racked up a nine-fight win streak in the UFC’s featherweight division, and now he’s got it. The UFC has officially announced that Holloway will clash with former UFC 155-pound champion Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis at UFC 206 in a featherweight

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Max Holloway has been campaigning for a big fight for quite some time now, after having racked up a nine-fight win streak in the UFC’s featherweight division, and now he’s got it.

The UFC has officially announced that Holloway will clash with former UFC 155-pound champion Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis at UFC 206 in a featherweight throw down that is sure to bring the house down:

Pettis (19-5) is coming off of a third round guillotine choke victory over Charles Oliveira in the co-main event of UFC on FOX 21 this past August, making a huge statement in his 145-pound debut inside the Octagon.

‘Showtime’ reigned as the 155-pound champion after winning the title from Benson Henderson at UFC 164 in 2013, but would go on to lose the title against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 185 in 2015. After suffering two consecutive losses at lightweight to the likes of Eddie Alvarez and Edson Barboza, Pettis made the decision to drop down to 145 pounds and test his hand there.

Holloway (16-3) is riding the amazing momentum of his nine-fight win streak, most recently coming off of his unanimous decision win over Ricardo Lamas at UFC 199 this past June. Interestingly enough Holloway’s last defeat came at the hands of current 145-pound title holder Conor McGregor.

If Holloway is able to continue his winning ways with a potential win over Pettis, it may not be very long before we se the 24-year-old Hawaiian competing for UFC gold.

Holloway and Pettis will meet at UFC 206 live on pay-per-view (PPV) from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 10, 2016.

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Max Holloway Wants Jose Aldo: He Makes My Blood Boil

No. 3-ranked UFC featherweight contender Max Holloway is looking to get back inside the Octagon soon, and he wants a big name fight to help propel him into the title picture. With current 145-pound champ Conor McGregor booked to challenge for the lightweight title at UFC 205, Jose Aldo embroiled in a contact dispute with

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No. 3-ranked UFC featherweight contender Max Holloway is looking to get back inside the Octagon soon, and he wants a big name fight to help propel him into the title picture.

With current 145-pound champ Conor McGregor booked to challenge for the lightweight title at UFC 205, Jose Aldo embroiled in a contact dispute with the UFC, and No. 2-ranked Frankie Edgar set to throw down with Jeremy Stephens, that leaves the Hawaii native waiting in the wings for his next scrap to get booked.

Holloway recently spoke to MMA Junkie about his frustrations over not yet having a fight booked, claiming the rest of the featherweight division is running away with a case of ‘pu**y-itis’:

“I’m a fighter, man; I just want to fight,” Holloway said. “I don’t care who it is or whatever. I can’t change what they personally feel, but like I said, I got that vaccine for that (expletive)-itis that’s been going around with all these people running away. They got to let me know when they’re ready to fight.”

While Holloway would love another crack at McGregor for the 145-pound title, that bout is not a possibility at the moment with ‘The Notorious One’ attempting to make history by becoming the first man in UFC history to hold two titles in different weight classes simultaneously with a potential win over Eddie Alvarez in November.

max holloway conor mcgregor ufcInstead ‘Blessed’ would gladly take a fight against the current interim featherweight champion, Jose Aldo, who Holloway says is making his blood boil at the moment:

“In a perfect world, if I could fight Conor, that would be great,” Holloway said. “But the person that’s really got my blood boiling is Jose Aldo. He’s (expletive) talking bubbles. I don’t know what he’s talking. I think Conor hit him too hard in that fight, so he’s losing his mind. That guy’s got to get his (expletive) together, get his ass in the cage and do less talking and more fighting.”

“I respect him, I respect him a lot, but at the end of the day, people keep forgetting how much times he left the UFC high and dry in a main-event slot or a co-main event slot that he was supposed to be because of injuries,” Holloway said. “I know injuries sucks, but it happens more than (expletive) a couple of times, and he had to pull out due to injury or whatever or personal reasons. It is what it is. They remember that kind of stuff.”

Holloway is dead set on one day hoisting up UFC gold above his head for the first time in his career, as the 24-year-old knows without a shadow of a doubt he is the best fighter in the world at 145 pounds:

“My gold belt is going to come, and I know it is,” Holloway said. “My job is winning fights. I’m confident in myself. I know I’m the best guy in the world. … I just can’t wait to go in there and show the world what’s up.”

If Aldo is able to fix up his contract issues with the UFC soon, Holloway might just get his opportunity to step into the cage with the Brazilian champ.

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Max Holloway Loses His Cool, Vents Frustration About McGregor & Aldo

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Apparently Max Holloway has heard enough — and he’s letting it be known.

The rising 145-pound contender vented his frustration about the ongoing drama surrounding his weight-class and its’ two champions — Conor McGregor, who hasn’t defended the title once since winning it nearly a year ago and Jose Aldo, the interim champ who is threatening to retire for not getting the fight he expected.

“The whole thing with Aldo, and everybody thinking he’s the best for 10 years, that he’s unbeaten and the untouchable champ, and all that,” Holloway said. “Then the whole thing with Conor thing came out, and he got knocked out, and everybody getting pissed off why he didn’t get a rematch after 13 seconds. These guys need to educate themselves in damn mixed martial arts. How many times has Aldo pulled out of a main event? Not counting the Conor time, how many times before that has Aldo pulled out of a fight? It’s happened a bunch of times.”

Holloway continued, “People keep saying Aldo deserves this, he deserves that — how the hell do you deserve something when you pulled out of all these events? And did the UFC ever make an interim title when he did? They held that all the way until they gave the interim title to Conor [at UFC 189], but they did it for a business move, to make for a huge event at UFC 194. People keep forgetting the past, of what Aldo did. How many times did he screw the UFC getting hurt and not fighting in the event and the UFC scrambling around and they’ve got to find new fighters for the event or scratch his fight?”

As the subject changed to the topic of Conor McGregor, the highly-regarded UFC Featherweight contender had plenty to say on that front as well.

“There’s only two guys in our division that Conor beat that’s still ranked, myself and Aldo,” he said. “Who the hell else did he beat? I don’t even know who he beat. I only know the two ranked guys were me and Aldo. I don’t take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that’s Chad’s fault he took that fight. My last four guys I beat have all been ranked.”

Regarding where he stands in the current 145-pound landscape, Holloway proved his point that he is as deserving as the next guy in terms of those who have earned the right to fight for the chance to be a champion.

“If you look at who has the most fights in the featherweight division, it’s me,” he said. “The guy with the most wins in the featherweight division, it’s me again. The guy with the longest winning streak in the division, is me once again. These guys keep telling me I need to fight somebody else, who the hell is next? That’s what I’ve been doing that, and I’ve been knocking them down, and everybody wants to see the next guy, this and that. And what do I do?

“I don’t say shit. Because I know I’m the best motherf*cker in the world, and I’m willing to prove it, and half these motherf*ckers are picking and choosing their fights, trying to cherry pick. People say Aldo’s not running, motherf*cker just said in an interview that he wants to fight [Anthony] Pettis and not me, because Pettis is an easy fight. If that’s not f*cking picking and dodging and running from a fight, I don’t know what the f*ck is.”

H/T: MMAFighting.com

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Apparently Max Holloway has heard enough — and he’s letting it be known.

The rising 145-pound contender vented his frustration about the ongoing drama surrounding his weight-class and its’ two champions — Conor McGregor, who hasn’t defended the title once since winning it nearly a year ago and Jose Aldo, the interim champ who is threatening to retire for not getting the fight he expected.

“The whole thing with Aldo, and everybody thinking he’s the best for 10 years, that he’s unbeaten and the untouchable champ, and all that,” Holloway said. “Then the whole thing with Conor thing came out, and he got knocked out, and everybody getting pissed off why he didn’t get a rematch after 13 seconds. These guys need to educate themselves in damn mixed martial arts. How many times has Aldo pulled out of a main event? Not counting the Conor time, how many times before that has Aldo pulled out of a fight? It’s happened a bunch of times.”

Holloway continued, “People keep saying Aldo deserves this, he deserves that — how the hell do you deserve something when you pulled out of all these events? And did the UFC ever make an interim title when he did? They held that all the way until they gave the interim title to Conor [at UFC 189], but they did it for a business move, to make for a huge event at UFC 194. People keep forgetting the past, of what Aldo did. How many times did he screw the UFC getting hurt and not fighting in the event and the UFC scrambling around and they’ve got to find new fighters for the event or scratch his fight?”

As the subject changed to the topic of Conor McGregor, the highly-regarded UFC Featherweight contender had plenty to say on that front as well.

“There’s only two guys in our division that Conor beat that’s still ranked, myself and Aldo,” he said. “Who the hell else did he beat? I don’t even know who he beat. I only know the two ranked guys were me and Aldo. I don’t take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that’s Chad’s fault he took that fight. My last four guys I beat have all been ranked.”

Regarding where he stands in the current 145-pound landscape, Holloway proved his point that he is as deserving as the next guy in terms of those who have earned the right to fight for the chance to be a champion.

“If you look at who has the most fights in the featherweight division, it’s me,” he said. “The guy with the most wins in the featherweight division, it’s me again. The guy with the longest winning streak in the division, is me once again. These guys keep telling me I need to fight somebody else, who the hell is next? That’s what I’ve been doing that, and I’ve been knocking them down, and everybody wants to see the next guy, this and that. And what do I do?

“I don’t say shit. Because I know I’m the best motherf*cker in the world, and I’m willing to prove it, and half these motherf*ckers are picking and choosing their fights, trying to cherry pick. People say Aldo’s not running, motherf*cker just said in an interview that he wants to fight [Anthony] Pettis and not me, because Pettis is an easy fight. If that’s not f*cking picking and dodging and running from a fight, I don’t know what the f*ck is.”

H/T: MMAFighting.com

Max Holloway Bashes Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor. Does He Have A Point?

Madness is consuming the featherweight division.

So, it seems as if the fighters at featherweight are more than a bit disgruntled. After it was announced that Conor McGregor would be fighting Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, it seemed like every fighter in the featherweight division decided to lose it. Jose Aldo decided he’d rather retire then play the UFC’s money grab game and it seems that Max Holloway refuses to be outdone. Usually a more reserved and tactful individual who does his talking in the cage, Holloway has gone on a verbal tirade denouncing both Aldo and McGregor in the process.

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Madness is consuming the featherweight division.

So, it seems as if the fighters at featherweight are more than a bit disgruntled. After it was announced that Conor McGregor would be fighting Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, it seemed like every fighter in the featherweight division decided to lose it. Jose Aldo decided he’d rather retire then play the UFC’s money grab game and it seems that Max Holloway refuses to be outdone. Usually a more reserved and tactful individual who does his talking in the cage, Holloway has gone on a verbal tirade denouncing both Aldo and McGregor in the process. Check out the tidbit below courtesy of MMAFighting.com

“The whole thing with Aldo, and everybody thinking he’s the best for 10 years, that he’s unbeaten and the untouchable champ, and all that,” Holloway said. “Then the whole thing with Conor thing came out, and he got knocked out, and everybody getting pissed off why he didn’t get a rematch after 13 seconds. These guys need to educate themselves in damn mixed martial arts. How many times has Aldo pulled out of a main event? Not counting the Conor time, how many times before that has Aldo pulled out of a fight? It’s happened a bunch of times.”

Granted injuries are an unforeseen part of the game, Holloway does have a bit of a point where pulling out of fights is concerned. There are so many fighters who fight injured and by sitting out on fights it gives the appearance as if Aldo was trying to play it safe and hold onto his belt as long as possible, even if that isn’t actually the case. The fact of the matter is that Aldo has beaten some of the best of the best out there and for Holloway to disrespect him is a bit much. Holloway may be doing all this to get Aldo in the mindset of fighting the young up and comer, but for now we’ll have to see how that plays out.

But Max Holloway also had some choice words for featherweight champion Conor McGregor as well.

“There’s only two guys in our division that Conor beat that’s still ranked, myself and Aldo,” he said. “Who the hell else did he beat? I don’t even know who he beat. I only know the two ranked guys were me and Aldo. I don’t take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that’s Chad’s fault he took that fight. My last four guys I beat have all been ranked.”

Dems fightin’ words. Too bad that Conor already has an assignment to handle at UFC 205.

Look, not saying that Max Holloway doesn’t have a point here. He’s wanted to fight Jose Aldo and rematch Conor McGregor for a long time now. Holloway has collected some high level scalps in his bid for a title shot and by all rights has a reason to complain about an Aldo retirement or a McGregor money fight at MSG. The unfortunate part for him is that he’ll have to wait on the sidelines regardless.

For Max Holloway’s full rant, head over to MMAFighting.com.

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Max Holloway Rips Jose Aldo For Wanting Rematch With Conor McGregor

Max Holloway is currently on a lengthy winning streak and a top contender in the featherweight division. Holloway is a fighter who is close to a title shot. However, the UFC doesn’t see him as a giant star. Holloway recently posted on Twitter, “PUSSY-ITIS. #maxforgold,” regarding the news that Jose Aldo wants out of his

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Max Holloway is currently on a lengthy winning streak and a top contender in the featherweight division. Holloway is a fighter who is close to a title shot. However, the UFC doesn’t see him as a giant star. Holloway recently posted on Twitter, “PUSSY-ITIS. #maxforgold,” regarding the news that Jose Aldo wants out of his UFC deal following the announcement made by the UFC about current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor fighting current lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 on November 12th at MSG in New York.

Holloway recently spoke with MMA Fighting and put Aldo on blast.

“The whole thing with Aldo, and everybody thinking he’s the best for 10 years, that he’s unbeaten and the untouchable champ, and all that,” Holloway said. “Then the whole thing with Conor thing came out, and he got knocked out, and everybody getting pissed off why he didn’t get a rematch after 13 seconds. These guys need to educate themselves in damn mixed martial arts. How many times has Aldo pulled out of a main event? Not counting the Conor time, how many times before that has Aldo pulled out of a fight? It’s happened a bunch of times.”

Holloway is not in favor of those who say that Aldo needs a rematch with McGregor. Holloway pointed out the Aldo pulled out of their first fight back at UFC 189 in 2015.

“People keep saying Aldo deserves this, he deserves that — how the hell do you deserve something when you pulled out of all these events?” he said. “And did the UFC ever make an interim title when he did? They held that all the way until they gave the interim title to Conor [at UFC 189], but they did it for a business move, to make for a huge event at UFC 194. People keep forgetting the past, of what Aldo did. How many times did he screw the UFC getting hurt and not fighting in the event and the UFC scrambling around and they’ve got to find new fighters for the event or scratch his fight? People say 13 seconds…who the f*ck wants to see the rematch after 13 seconds? I sure as hell don’t want to see it.”

Holloway understands that he is not a big name as Aldo right now but does think that he needs to get some wins over big name fighters like Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes.

“I’m not a big name like Aldo,” he said. “I’m not as big as Aldo as it is right now, because Aldo had the opportunity to fight a big name and he took it over, and he made his way to the top. Just like McGregor did. He fought some big names, to make his name. Where the hell is my big name that I can go off of? I fought Cub, I fought this Jeremy guy, everybody telling me they want me to fight Frankie, and I’ve been calling out Frankie. Before Mendes got suspended, I’ve been calling out Chad Mendes. It should have been me and Frankie Edgar at that Ultimate Fighter [22 Finale] instead of Chad. That wasn’t my decision. I was begging for a fight. Shit, me and my team was begging for Frankie Edgar at MSG.

Holloway made it clear that he doesn’t see Aldo defending the interim featherweight title but does hope that he does so he can fight him because he feels that he is the only guy that Aldo can fight aside from McGregor.

“I didn’t think Aldo would even want to defend the [interim] title. But I didn’t want him sitting out. I figured if he wanted a fight, I’d fight him, and the only guy that made sense was me. I turned my whole attention to Aldo because we called out Frankie for this MSG card, and people were telling my team that he was going to 135. So I was like, what the hell? I’ll stop harassing him if he’s going to 35, then I see he’s fighting Jeremy at 45. So f*ck this shit. This sh*t is all wired and hectic.”

Switching gears, Holloway put McGregor on blast for not facing top tier talent in the featherweight division.

“There’s only two guys in our division that Conor beat that’s still ranked, myself and Aldo,” he said. “Who the hell else did he beat? I don’t even know who he beat. I only know the two ranked guys were me and Aldo. I don’t take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that’s Chad’s fault he took that fight. My last four guys I beat have all been ranked.”

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JOSE ALDO WANTS ANTHONY PETTIS FOR MONEY FIGHT.

It seems everyone’s catching on to the new economic turn of the UFC. Previous nice guys from Tyron Woodley, Demetrius “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, to now Featherweight interim champ Jose Aldo are calling for big money fights! Where did they learn this current trend? Daddy Dana, that’s who.

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“No more Mr. nice guy…”

It seems everyone’s catching on to the new economic turn of the UFC. Previous nice guys from Tyron Woodley,  Demetrius “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, to now Featherweight interim champ Jose Aldo are calling for big money fights! Where did they learn this current trend? Daddy Dana, that’s who.

In a recent interview with Brazilain TV show Revista Combate, Aldo explained that he’s looking for a big money fight, and if it’s not with Mcgregor, his close second would be former lightweight champion and kick heard round the world performer Anthony Pettis.

“I’m already frustrated that it might happen, but we’ll see,” Aldo recently told Brazilian TV show Revista Combate. “Every night I ask ‘give me one more chance to get in there again with him and I know it won’t happen again.’ but if it’s not him, I think I’d prefer to fight Pettis. I with them learned that I don’t have to look at the promotion’s side, the title run. A fight with Pettis would sell a lot more than Holloway.

He’s right. While Max Holloway has been on a 9 fight win streak since losing to Conor McGregor in 2013, the Anthony Pettis match up is a much bigger fight. And while it may be “fair” for Holloway to get the next big matchup, we all know that term is very fluid in the world of UFC.  Plus, Aldo held the belt for 5 years and is now the #1 contender in a division where the champion is all but vacant, he should have some say.

“Holloway is way tougher than Pettis today,” Aldo said. “‘Do Bronx’ (Oliveira) was winning the fight, but (his cardio) goes down drastically during the fight. I think that a fight with Pettis would sell a lot and is way easier for me. If I had to choose one of them it would be him because it sells more and I have a better chance, but I respect him.”

“I’m trying to get a fight at this UFC card in New York, but we’ll see what ‘Dede’ (Pederneiras) has to say when he comes back. ‘Dede’ is (in Cleveland) now for a meeting with Dana to decide our future. I hope everything goes right. If it’s not against (McGregor) we fight for the undisputed belt. We’ll see.

Before we get into the issue of whether Jose Aldo is ducking anyone let’s not forget that this fight was set to happen years ago. After seeing Jose Aldo defend his belt against Frankie Edgar at UFC 156, Pettis texted Dana White saying he would accept the fight. Pettis later had to pull out due to a knee injury.

“Something interesting happened about 10 minutes ago,” White said at the postfight news conference. “Anthony Pettis said, ‘I want to go to 145 and fight Jose Aldo.’ He told me he’ll make 145.”  –Dana White (2013)

Ultimately it comes down to Dana. Even though the organization has new owners, it seems they’re still leaving him to headline the sport aspect of the UFC. While either fight would be a barn burner, it would be nice to see these two wizards go head to head.

Smart move, or coward’s journey? What do you guys think of Jose Aldo calling out the featherweight newcomer?

 

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