{"id":202545,"date":"2016-08-31T08:17:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T15:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202545"},"modified":"2016-08-31T08:17:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T15:17:13","slug":"max-holloway-backs-fellow-hawaiian-bj-penn-hopes-hawaiian-ufc-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/max-holloway-backs-fellow-hawaiian-bj-penn-hopes-hawaiian-ufc-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway backs fellow Hawaiian BJ Penn in hopes for Hawaiian UFC event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaiian featherweight Max Holloway sticks with his own when it comes to other fighters, as he threw his support behind fellow Hawaiian BJ Penn in his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-bj-penn-doubters-go-put-money-lamas\/\">comeback fight against Ricardo Lamas.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">&#8220;BJ is a legend, it should be a fun fight. If Ricardo tries to stick and move on BJ, take him down and get in BJ&#8217;s guard, but BJ can get his back and it\u2019s over,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/8\/29\/12685290\/the-mma-hour-with-rory-macdonald-paige-vanzant-rafael-dos-anjos-josh\" target=\"_blank\">Holloway said on Monday&#8217;s edition of the MMA Hour<\/a>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">&#8220;A motivated BJ Penn is a dangerous thing.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Holloway, who debuted in\u00a0the UFC back in 2012, is one of several Hawaiian fighters on the UFC roster alongside Yancy Medeiros, Brad Tavares and Travis &#8216;Hapa&#8217; Browne. But the first and most successful of all Hawaiian UFC fighters, who arguably paved the way for the rest of them, is none other than our\u00a0website&#8217;s namesake,\u00a0BJ Penn.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">&#8220;I gotta stick with the Hawaiian so we can get this UFC Hawaii thing going,&#8221; Holloway said of Penn&#8217;s upcoming fight with Lamas.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Penn and Holloway have <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/exclusive-video-max-holloway-discusses-return-bj-penn-ufc-hawaii-card\/\">lobbied for a UFC event in Hawaii for quite some time<\/a>, yet the octagon has yet to come to the Aloha State in its&#8217; 23 years of existence. But with Holloway, riding high on the crest of a nine fight win-streak, coupled with the return of former lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn, the time for a UFC card in Hawaii appears to be a very real possibility for the promotion, who are looking to make inroads in MMA markets across the globe.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of great Hawaiian fighters in the UFC now,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/khon2.com\/2016\/06\/07\/helwani-it-would-be-a-travesty-if-ufc-didnt-come-to-hawaii\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ariel Helwani told KHON2 in an interview with the station&#8217;s Sports Director Rob DeMello<\/a>. &#8220;It kind of started with BJ Penn and I think a lot of these young fighters looked up to him. 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