{"id":279721,"date":"2018-07-01T05:08:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T12:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=279721"},"modified":"2018-07-01T05:08:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T12:08:32","slug":"max-holloway-confirms-that-he-will-eventually-move-to-lightweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/max-holloway-confirms-that-he-will-eventually-move-to-lightweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway confirms that he will eventually move to lightweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At present, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway has his crosshairs locked on undefeated challenger Brian Ortega, who he will fight at UFC 226 on July 7.<\/p>\n<p>While this featherweight title fight is at the forefront of Holloway&#8217;s mind, however, the featherweight division is not his permanent home.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the UFC 226 media conference call, Holloway said point-blank that his intention is eventually to move up to the lightweight division \u2014 not just because he&#8217;s running out of fresh foes at featherweight, but because he&#8217;s getting too big for the division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course I\u2019m definitely going to go up,\u201d Holloway said (transcribed by Damon Martins for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/exclusive\/max-holloway-still-interested-in-lightweight-but-he-may-wait-until-logjam-clears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANytt.com<\/a>). \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of time, who\u2019s left at 45 and then medically wise, too. There\u2019s a bunch of questions that we can sit down and talk to the UFC after this fight but first things first I\u2019ve got business to handle at 45, a throne to defend and I\u2019ve got one of the biggest fights of my life coming up next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 226: Max Holloway and Brian Ortega Conference Call\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vIIV84lqpMM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Holloway&#8217;s first fight in the UFC lightweight division, of course, very nearly occurred back in April, when he stepped up to battle Khabib Nurmagomedov on short notice at UFC 223. Regrettably, this plan was derailed when he wasn&#8217;t able to make weight for the bout.<\/p>\n<p>All the same, Holloway seems to foresee a future meeting with Nurmagomedov down the road \u2014 although he understands there are plenty of other deserving contenders at the front of the line at lightweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c155 [pounds] right now, no disrespect to the guys up there but it\u2019s a logjam,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a logjam for two years. 145 we\u2019ve got everything rolling. We had a logjam and now we\u2019re rolling, we\u2019ll keep the ball rolling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we go up there, who would I fight? I don\u2019t know who they\u2019d want me to fight,&#8221; he added. &#8220;There\u2019s Khabib or whoever. We\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Max Holloway will perform when he eventually moves to lightweight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/1\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At present, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway has his crosshairs locked on undefeated challenger Brian Ortega, who he will fight at UFC 226 on July 7. While this featherweight title fight is at the forefront of Holloway&#8217;s mind, however, the featherweight division is not his permanent home. 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