{"id":314955,"date":"2019-05-29T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T18:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=314955"},"modified":"2019-05-29T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T18:10:19","slug":"max-holloway-confident-hes-still-right-in-the-mix-at-lightweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/max-holloway-confident-hes-still-right-in-the-mix-at-lightweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway confident he&#8217;s still &#8216;right in the mix&#8217; at lightweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, UFC featherweight Max Holloway<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/max-holloway-shares-awesome-take-on-weight-classes-after-failed-lightweight-debut\/\"> implied that we could see him in the lightweight division again.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLightweight was great. Lightweight was fun,\u201d he said at Tactical Strength and Conditioning on Monday (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2019\/05\/27\/holloway-hopes-third-times-charm-with-edgar-talks-moving-back-featherweight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hawaii News Now<\/a>). \u201c155 was 155. Just like how 170 will be 170, just like how when I make my heavyweight debut, it\u2019s gonna be a heavyweight debut. It is what it is. Weight is weight, I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m a modern day gladiator. Back in the day, gladiators didn\u2019t ask you about your weight. They just showed up to the arena and they fought. That\u2019s what I do every night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a more recent conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/05\/max-holloway-im-in-the-mix-at-lightweight-despite-featherweight-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>, Max Holloway all but confirmed that he will return to the lightweight division again in the future.<\/p>\n<p>No, in a twist that should surprise absolutely nobody, the tenacious Hawaiian was not scared off from the division by his UFC 236 loss to Dustin Poirier.\u00a0In fact, he believes he resides among the top contenders in the division. Given his gritty performance against Poirier, it&#8217;s hard to disagree with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBirds fly, fishes swim, I fight. It ain\u2019t nothing. You send me a contract with Daniel Cormier\u2019s name on top tomorrow, you know I\u2019m signing it. \u2018DC\u2019 I love you, my man, but I\u2019m a fighter. It is what it is. This is a bump in the road and I can\u2019t wait to get back. \u201955 is still there. \u201955 there\u2019s a lot of challenges,&#8221; Max Holloway said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I lost to Dustin the first time at \u201945, the ladder was so long to the belt. But the \u201955 ladder, it\u2019s right there. I\u2019m in the mix. If I go up there I feel I\u2019ll be right in the mix with all the top contenders. No disrespect to them, but I think it\u2019s a fun weight class to be. We\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before any prospective return to the lightweight division can occur, Max Holloway will attempt to defend his featherweight strap against Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 this July.<\/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 5\/29\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, UFC featherweight Max Holloway implied that we could see him in the lightweight division again. \u201cLightweight was great. Lightweight was fun,\u201d he said at Tactical Strength and Conditioning on Monday (transcript via Hawaii News Now). \u201c155 was 155. 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