{"id":294318,"date":"2018-12-09T07:51:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T15:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=294318"},"modified":"2018-12-09T07:51:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T15:51:45","slug":"dana-white-shares-his-ideal-plan-for-all-time-great-max-holloway-after-ufc-231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-shares-his-ideal-plan-for-all-time-great-max-holloway-after-ufc-231\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White shares his ideal plan for &#8216;all-time great&#8217; Max Holloway after UFC 231"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time with a stoppage defeat of the formerly undefeated Brian Ortega.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Holloway&#8217;s impressive featherweight title defense, UFC President Dana White reiterated that he feels the featherweight champion would be wise to move up to the lightweight division, where he&#8217;d endure a less taxing weight-cut.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1AS7z3\">\u201cMax is a grown man and we need to talk,\u201d Dana White said of Max Holloway (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/12\/9\/18132747\/dana-white-sees-big-things-for-max-holloway-at-lightweight-everybody-top-5-is-a-fun-fight-for-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cBut I\u2019d like to see Max go to \u201855 now. I think that the guy\u2019s 27 going on 28 years old, he\u2019s in the prime of his life, never looked better. Continues to improve with every single fight that he\u2019s in and I think he\u2019s done everything he can do at \u201845.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eYnfQ5\">\u201cWhy keep cutting that weight? I think there\u2019s some big things for him at \u201855.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"dldXAP\">\u201cIf Holloway goes to \u201855, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/after-ufc-231-win-max-holloway-targets-several-lightweight-superfights\/\">everybody in the top-five<\/a> is a fun fight for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While White acknowledged that the UFC featherweight division would take a real hit if Max Holloway moved up to lightweight, he assured that he simply wants what&#8217;s best for the Hawaiian.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QZ5TfJ\">\u201cI want what\u2019s right for Max,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cWhat\u2019s right for Max might not necessarily be what\u2019s right for the division, but we\u2019ll figure that out. I think after his last issues I think it would be better for him physically and every other way to move up to 155 pounds. He has not said one word to me so we\u2019ll see how he feels about that. He and I will talk about it and we\u2019ll go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, the UFC President feels that, in Max Holloway, we&#8217;re watching one of the sport&#8217;s &#8220;all-time greats&#8221; perform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s impossible not to talk about him among the all-time greats,&#8221; White said, heaping praise on the featherweight king.<\/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 12\/9\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time with a stoppage defeat of the formerly undefeated Brian Ortega. 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