{"id":264729,"date":"2017-11-30T14:13:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264729"},"modified":"2017-11-30T14:42:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T22:42:50","slug":"max-holloway-willing-fight-crazy-opponents-stay-ufc-218","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/max-holloway-willing-fight-crazy-opponents-stay-ufc-218\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway Was Willing to Fight Some Crazy Opponents to Stay on UFC 218"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Frankie Edgar had to pull out of UFC 218 due to a injured orbital, there was a crazy storm of fighters trying to get that fight. Once there is a title on the line, everyone comes out of the woodwork. Jose Aldo, Ricardo Lamas, Cub Swanson, and Brian Ortega all wanted to leave their match-ups they were booked in for a chance at Max Holloway’s featherweight title. At the end of the day, it ended up being the former king of the division<\/a>. Early in the negotiations, Holloway’s manager leaked some of the name ideas<\/a>, but now he’s just revealed what great lengths Holloway was going to go to stay on the card.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Darren Elkins was considered as a replacement and] the UFC wasn\u2019t too excited about that. [Max Holloway]<\/span>\u00a0said he would fight [Tony] Ferguson, he talked about [Donald] \u2018Cowboy\u2019 [Cerrone], going up to 155 and doing whatever. We thought that we were going to get Cub [Swanson]. but it ended up being [Jose] Aldo.\u00a0Max just calmly said, \u2018It is what it is, and let\u2019s do it.’ He signed the bout contract within minutes.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Detroit, you guys are a bunch of tough mfers. I met many of you last month when we visited. You guys deserve the best fight card of the year and youre still gonna get it. I’m fighting no matter what<\/p>\n

\u2014 Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) November 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n