{"id":287722,"date":"2018-10-11T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=287722"},"modified":"2018-10-11T06:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T13:00:24","slug":"ufc-featherweight-champ-max-holloway-opens-up-on-struggles-with-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-featherweight-champ-max-holloway-opens-up-on-struggles-with-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway opens up on struggles with depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2018 has not been particularly kind to UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway. The Hawaiian champ has been scheduled for three fights \u2014 a title defense against Frankie Edgar, a last-minute lightweight fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov, and a title defense against Brian Ortega \u2014 but not one has come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/590\/good-show\/max-holloway-aiming-1-pound-pound-fighter-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Show with Ben Ennis &amp; JD Bunkis<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday, Holloway divulged that in the wake of this string of cancelled fights, he&#8217;s been battling depression.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yu2tIM\">\u201cIt just helped me as a person realize that sometimes you gotta slow things down to get things back correct,\u201d Max Holloway said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/10\/11\/17959694\/morning-report-max-holloway-opens-up-about-battling-depression-after-ufc-226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cAfter this last one I dealt with some depression. I was talking about [NBA star DeMar] DeRozan. DeRozan talked about depression and that really shook me. He said that he wished that everybody was rich, that everybody in the world had money so they could understand that money does not make you happy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HzpyS1\">\u201cDepression is real and that really hit me hard. I was going through a phase where I wasn\u2019t talking to no one. Only my son. Me and my son would do stuff but I was talking to no one. If I wanted to you I would call you but if people were reaching out to me I was putting myself away. Since I was in that situation, now I\u2019m able to talk about it and I can tell people that\u2019s not the way to do it. The way to do it is talk to your family, talk to your friends, be with everyone because you don\u2019t know when things can change. Life changes on a dime so live life to the fullest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having struggled with depression, Max Holloway wants to remind his fans that it&#8217;s important to talk to the people that care about you when you&#8217;re struggling.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Gr9yja\">\u201cDon\u2019t be scared to look for help,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cDepression is real. . . It\u2019s crazy and all these guys, us athletes, that keep thinking we\u2019re superheroes. I like to think I\u2019m a superhero but superheroes got to fight their demons too sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, coincidentally, was actually World Mental Health Day. On this occasion, UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker also encouraged fans to speak up when their mental health is suffering.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BowFbWFAjQi\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your mental health is just as important as your physical health,&#8221; Whittaker said on Instagram. &#8220;You don\u2019t need to be ok all the time, sometimes stuff&#8217;s hard. Ask for help, I do all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Max Holloway is scheduled to return to the cage at UFC 231 this December, where he will attempt to defend his title against Ortega. Robert Whittaker, meanwhile, is expected to defend his title against Kelvin Gastelum in the new year.<\/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 10\/10\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2018 has not been particularly kind to UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway. The Hawaiian champ has been scheduled for three fights \u2014 a title defense against Frankie Edgar, a last-minute lightweight fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov, and a title defense against Brian Ortega \u2014 but not one has come to fruition. 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