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Though UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway closed out the year 2018 on a high note, defeating Brian Ortega in December, the rest of the year was not particularly kind to him. The Hawaiian star was forced to deal with a procession of cancelled fights, injuries, and some struggles with depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max Holloway opened up on his rough 2018 \u2014 including his fight with depression \u2014 in a recent interview with Sports Illustrated<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dMan, the last fight [against Brian Ortega at UFC 231] was emotional,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cThe year leading up to that, I had a bunch of fights fall through, had a little depression. I was fighting somewhat of depression. It was just crazy to have the fight like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dThe last year, part of my career, three fights that got pulled from me,\u201d he added. \u201cI got hurt. I got hurt. After that, doctors pulled me twice. It goes from a guy… I\u2019m so used to fighting two to four times a year to only fighting one time a year now. I had no control or say in it. After that stuff that happened, I was thinking like, \u2018Man, what if I don\u2019t ever fight again?\u2019 That\u2019s what led into it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, Max Holloway was able to emerge from this troubling stretch. He’s now looking to start 2019 on a high note, by defeating Dustin Poirier and winning the interim lightweight title at UFC 236 this Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dI got to figure out other things in my life and do stuff,\u201d Holloway said of the past year. \u201cIt was amazing. It was an amazing year. I grew a lot as a person … A true champion is not a guy who goes up there and can do champion stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA true champion is someone who can hit rock bottom, come back up. This fight, April 13, next week, with Dustin, me and him, we had the highs, the lows that are lows in this sport, highs that are highs. Now we\u2019re back at the highs of the highs, be able to fight for the 155 gold, one of the most dangerous divisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you think the year 2019 will look like for Max Holloway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article first appeared on <\/em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a> on 4\/10\/2019. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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