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Max Holloway on Jose Aldo: ‘send his ass to the Cleveland Clinic and check his brain out’
Max Holloway is ready to launch himself into superstardom following the biggest win of his career over the weekend at UFC 206.Holloway became the first man to stop former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and also picked up the UFC interim featherweight belt in doing so in Toronto, Canada. Now, with a title unification bout […]
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Jose Aldo not impressed with Max Holloway’s win streak
This month has been a busy one for the UFC’s featherweight division. After Irish superstar Conor McGregor, who reigned as the featherweight champion at the time, successfully made his lightweight debut in November when he TKOd Eddie Alvarez to capture the lightweight championship, he then opted to relinquish the featherweight championship. As a result, the […]
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Jose Aldo says he is set to fight Max Holloway at UFC 208
Recently promoted UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo says he is set to return to the Octagon at UFC 208, which takes place in Brooklyn, New York on February 11. Aldo told the media in Brazil on Monday that he will fight Max Holloway in a UFC featherweight title unification bout as Holloway just won the […]
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VIDEO | Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis UFC 206 Highlights
https://youtu.be/In7fxPovQ24 Max Holloway became the UFC’s interim featherweight champion at last night’s UFC 206 event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by scoring a third-round TKO victory over former UFC lightweight title holder Anthony Pettis. After a very close opening round, “Blessed” was able to get the better of “Showtime” in the stand-up game and eventually put […]
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VIDEO | Max Holloway discusses becoming the first man to finish Anthony Pettis and calls out “Jose Waldo”
Max Holloway became the UFC’s interim featherweight champion at last night’s UFC 206 event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by scoring a third-round TKO victory over former UFC lightweight title holder Anthony Pettis. With the title earning win, Holloway became the first fighter in history to score a stoppage victory over Anthony “Showtime” Pettis. In the […]
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Athlete outfitting pay for UFC 206: Holloway takes home $30K for wearing Reebok
Last night, the UFC returned to snow covered Toronto, Ontario Canada for the first time since 2013. They did so with UFC 206, a fight that was short on big names, but long on incredible action. At the moment, purses for this 12-fight card have not been disclosed. We do, however, know how much the […]
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Max Holloway remains doubtful that Jose Aldo will show up to fight him
Last night, in the main event of UFC 206, Hawaiian contender Max Holloway won the UFC interim featherweight title with a third-round TKO of former lightweight champ Anthony Pettis. This win set the Hawaiian up for a title-unifying showdown with undisputed champ Jose Aldo, who was recently promoted to that role when Conor McGregor was […]
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MMA community reacts to Max Holloway’s interim title win
Last night, the UFC returned to Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the first time in more than three years. It did so with UFC 206, a card that, despite being short on big names, delivered as one of the best in recent memory. UFC 206 was headlined by a featherweight bout between streaking Hawaiian contender Max […]
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Dan Henderson breaks down Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis
Tonight, in the main event of Toronto’s UFC 206 pay-per view card, streaking featherweight contender Max Holloway will square off against former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in a highly anticipated showdown between two of the best strikers in the featherweight division. For Holloway, the fight will be for the interim featherweight title, and give […]
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VIDEO | Pro fighters predict winner of Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis
There is a UFC interim featherweight title on the line in the main event of UFC 206, which takes place at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Saturday night. Interestingly, the interim featherweight title is only available to one competitor in the five-round title fight as Anthony Pettis failed to make the featherweight limit […]
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Max Holloway not happy with fighters ruining his good time
Friday morning, unfortunate news surfaced that former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis had missed weight for his UFC 206 interim featherweight title fight with Max Holloway Saturday night in the main event of the Toronto-based card. Unfortunately, Pettis missing weight by three pounds forced the UFC to make it so that the fight would only […]
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UFC President Dana White addresses changes to UFC 206 main event
Earlier this morning, news broke that Anthony Pettis had missed weight for his interim featherweight title fight with Max Holloway, which was scheduled to serve as the main event of Saturday night’s UFC 206. Now that the dust of Pettis’ unfortunate weigh-in miss has settled, the UFC has announced how it will proceed with the […]
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BREAKING! Anthony Pettis misses weight for UFC 206 title fight
When Daniel Cormier was forced to withdraw from his planned light heavyweight title fight with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, it left Saturday night’s UFC 206 without a main event. To rectify this situation, the UFC enacted a multi-part plan: First, they stripped Conor McGregor of the UFC featherweight title. Then they promoted interim featherweight champion Jose […]
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Max Holloway focused on winning, not ‘interim’ tag attached to fight with Anthony Pettis
This Saturday, in the main event of UFC 206 in Toronto, top ranked featherweight Max Holloway and former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will step into the Octagon in a highly anticipated showdown for the interim featherweight title. While the fight was initially set as the co-main event of the pay-per view, the fight was […]
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Anthony Pettis: I have way more tools than Conor McGregor
This Saturday at UFC 206, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will step into the Octagon to fight streaking featherweight Max Holloway in a highly anticipated showdown of featherweight contenders. The fight will not only serve as the main event of UFC 206, it will also be an interim featherweight title fight, with the winner […]
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Max Holloway wants to make history like Conor McGregor did
Hawaiian featherweight Max Holloway is currently on a fantastic, 9-fight winning-streak. The last man he lost to is former featherweight champion and current lightweight champion Conor McGregor. Their fight occurred all the way back in 2013. Since then, Holloway has established himself as one of the best fighters on earth – as evidenced by his […]
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VIDEO | Dan Hardy’s incredible breakdown of Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis matchup
The main event for UFC 206 took a turn when it was revealed that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier would not compete on the card due to suffering an injury. Cormier was set to rematch Anthony “Rumble” Johnson in a five-round championship fight. With the light-heavyweight title fight no longer on the card, the […]
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VIDEO | UFC 206 Countdown: Holloway vs. Pettis
https://youtu.be/UFi_2Zb7g00 The UFC has not touched down in Toronto since late 2013, when Jon Jones defended the light heavyweight title against Alexander Gustafsson in one of the greatest championship fights ever. This Saturday, the organization will finally return to the Canadian metropolis with UFC 206. Originally, UFC 206 was supposed to be headlined by another […]
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Max Holloway wants Conor McGregor rematch, even at heavyweight
As top ranked UFC featherweight Max Holloway gears up for his UFC 206 interim featherweight title fight with Anthony Pettis on December 10th in the main event of UFC 206 in Toronto, the streaking featherweight has his eyes set on a rematch with UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, who just recently relinquished his featherweight championship. […]
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Max Holloway on Jose Aldo: “I ain’t friends with the guy”
Earlier this week the MMA community was stunned when the UFC stripped Irish superstar Conor McGregor of the UFC featherweight championship, and promoted Jose Aldo from the interim featherweight champion to the undisputed featherweight champion. The move came after UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was forced out of his UFC 206 headlining fight with […]
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Max Holloway: ‘Stop your f***ing whining’ about Conor McGregor being stripped
Over the course of the past week, the UFC has had to fight several wildfires, on several different fronts. The first situation, was UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier withdrawing from his scheduled UFC 206 headlining bout against Anthony Johnson due to a tear in his groin. The promotion’s initial plan was to find a […]
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Max Holloway weighs-in on interim title fight with Anthony Pettis
While top ranked featherweight Max Holloway was initially supposed to be fighting former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in the co-main event of UFC 206 on December 10th, the bout was recently promoted to the main event, and made into an interim featherweight title fight after UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who was supposed […]
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MMA community reacts to Conor McGregor relinquishing the UFC featherweight title
Last December, Ireland’s Conor McGregor won the UFC featherweight title with a 13 second knockout of Jose Aldo. In his next fight, he was expected to take on then lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos for a shot at a second UFC belt. When Dos Anjos withdrew from this planned contest with an injury, however, McGregor […]
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Conor McGregor expected to be stripped of title, Pettis vs. Holloway to fight for interim belt
After period of much speculation, it has now been confirmed that UFC 206 will be headlined by an interim featherweight title fight between former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and top ranked featherweight Max Holloway. Ariel Helwani broke the story Friday evening, revealing that in the wake of Daniel Cormier withdrawing from his UFC 206 […]
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REPORT: Anthony Pettis vs. Max Holloway could be for interim featherweight belt
Friday afternoon, unfortunate news surfaced that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced out of his upcoming UFC 206 scrap with Anthony Johnson on December 10th in Toronto. Cormier’s withdrawal was unexpected, but fortunately will not keep the champ sidelined for too long, as details have emerged on the situation, revealing that ‘DC’ […]
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Max Holloway suggests five-round main event with Anthony Pettis
Just hours ago, news broke that light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced out of his UFC 206 bout with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. Given that this bout was expected to serve as the card’s headliner, the UFC will now have to scramble to produce a new main event for the fans attending the event […]
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Max Holloway trashes Jose Aldo: “that motherf**ker been running”
In a few short weeks, in the co-main event of UFC 206, Hawaiian featherweight Max Holloway will take on former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. If Holloway defeats Pettis, his win-streak will grow to a baffling 10-straight. Needless to say, Holloway has done pretty much all their is to do to earn a featherweight title shot. […]
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Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis officially set for UFC 206 in Toronto
An exciting featherweight matchup has just been announced by the UFC. Number 3 ranked UFC featherweight Max Holloway is set to face former UFC lightweight champion and current number 6 ranked UFC featherweight Anthony Pettis at UFC 206 on December 10 at the Air Canada Centre. The UFC officially announced the bout on Wednesday along […]