{"id":294313,"date":"2018-12-09T05:54:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T13:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=294313"},"modified":"2018-12-09T07:11:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T15:11:18","slug":"after-ufc-231-win-max-holloway-targets-several-lightweight-superfights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/after-ufc-231-win-max-holloway-targets-several-lightweight-superfights\/","title":{"rendered":"After UFC 231 win, Max Holloway targets several lightweight superfights"},"content":{"rendered":"

After his thrilling, stoppage defeat of Brian Ortega at UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is interested in heading up to lightweight to battle some of the division’s top stars.<\/p>\n

Of all the dangerous fighters in the UFC lightweight division, none interest Holloway more than undefeated champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

\u201cKhabib is another undefeated fighter,\u201d Holloway said at the UFC 231 post-fight press conference (transcript via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI got this niche, I guess. I just gave an undefeated fighter his first loss. So maybe that one might excite me the most. We were supposed to have that one. So we\u2019ll see what happens. I don\u2019t know. I ain\u2019t picky. Feed me. They all can get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Max Holloway is also interested in avenging his previous decision loss to Conor McGregor, which occurred years ago, when he was a fraction of the fighter he is today.<\/p>\n

\u201cDana White is the boss,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cThe boss is looking for superfights. All the UFC guys, you guys \u2014 you guys be talking about me fighting at 55 for super fights. I keep hearing the name Conor, Khabib.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody talks about the top three guys. Everybody talks about Tony. Everybody wants to see me and Conor, because we fought when I was a kid. A long time ago. Dennis beat that Max, too \u2014\u00a0Dennis Bermudez\u00a0beat that Max a couple years ago. So, the top 20 featherweights in the world \u2014 30 \u2014 would beat that Max. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after his UFC 231 win, Max Holloway was actually called out by Tony Ferguson on Twitter. As he suggests in the quote above, that’s a fight he’d jump at too.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyFergusonXT\/status\/1071647349309460480<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cThat\u2019s a fun fight. You guys watched Embedded, somebody called me Tony<\/a>. We\u2019ve got a bone to pick.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Holloway is interested in taking some super fights in the UFC lightweight division, he says he’s also interested in avenging the three loses on his record \u2014 defeats to McGregor, Bermudez and Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a competitor, I have three losses,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I want to get them all three back, but that\u2019s just me. I want to fight everyone, whoever. As a competitor, I\u2019ll fight whoever. If you tell me some guy is the best, let\u2019s do it. Is this the best guy? I\u2019m gonna fight you then. Put your dukes up, let\u2019s trade blows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you want to see Max Holloway fight after UFC 231?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 12\/9\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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