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Dana White Looking Forward To Max Holloway’s Featherweight Return

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White pushed for Max Holloway to move up to lightweight, but after UFC 236 he is changing his tone. Holloway took on Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightweight championship. “Blessed” …

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White pushed for Max Holloway to move up to lightweight, but after UFC 236 he is changing his tone. Holloway took on Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightweight championship. “Blessed” fought hard, but the pressure of Poirier was too much and he dropped a unanimous decision. Holloway remains […]

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Max Holloway Issues Classy Statement Following UFC 236

Max Holloway may have fell short at UFC 236, but it is almost certain that he didn’t lose anyone’s respect. Last night (April 13), UFC featherweight champion Holloway moved up in weight to take on Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightwei…

Max Holloway may have fell short at UFC 236, but it is almost certain that he didn’t lose anyone’s respect. Last night (April 13), UFC featherweight champion Holloway moved up in weight to take on Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightweight title. The winner would put themselves in prime position to take on Khabib […]

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Dana White Wants Max Holloway To Make Featherweight Return

It looks like Max Holloway won’t be staying at lightweight. Dana White wants the UFC featherweight champion to return to the 145-pound division next after his latest fight inside of the Octagon. Holloway attempted to make history when he took on Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightweight title in the main event of the […]

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It looks like Max Holloway won’t be staying at lightweight.

Dana White wants the UFC featherweight champion to return to the 145-pound division next after his latest fight inside of the Octagon.

Holloway attempted to make history when he took on Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightweight title in the main event of the UFC 236 pay-per-view event. However, Holloway lost the fight by decision. The show went down on Saturday night (April 13, 2019) at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

After the event, the UFC President spoke with the media at the post-fight press conference where he gave his take about the fight. This is where he mentioned that he didn’t expect to see the UFC featherweight champ to look as small as he did at lightweight. 

Thus, he looks forward to seeing him go back to his natural weight class.

“It’s crazy, what I didn’t expect is he looked small at 155,” White told MMA Junkie, at the UFC 236 post-event news conference. “So I look forward to him going back to 145.”

“We took him straight from the octagon to the hospital,” White said. “I told my guys, ‘I don’t want him doing any interviews. Take him straight to the hospital.’ He’s tough, he’s awesome, but I’d like to see him at 145 pounds again. Poirier looked much bigger than him in my opinion.”

Poirier is now expected to fight UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for the strap later this year.

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UFC 236 Results: Dustin Poirier, Israel Adesanya Main Card’s Biggest Winners

UFC 236 gave fans not one, but two Fight of the Year candidates as Dustin Poirier and Israel Adesanya both claimed interim title belts in epic battles with Max Holloway and Kelvin Gastelum, respectively, on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta…

UFC 236 gave fans not one, but two Fight of the Year candidates as Dustin Poirier and Israel Adesanya both claimed interim title belts in epic battles with Max Holloway and Kelvin Gastelum, respectively, on Saturday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta…