{"id":319788,"date":"2019-07-18T18:09:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T01:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=319788"},"modified":"2019-07-18T18:09:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T01:09:11","slug":"max-holloway-says-hes-the-new-face-of-mma-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/max-holloway-says-hes-the-new-face-of-mma-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway says he&#8217;s the new face of MMA in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Holloway believes he&#8217;s the gold standard of mixed martial arts in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Holloway is proud to hail from Hawaii, but he&#8217;s expressed his love for Canada as well. He often refers to the country as the &#8220;10th Island.&#8221; He&#8217;ll <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-max-holloway-vs-frankie-edgar-targeted-for-ufc-240\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">put his featherweight gold on the line<\/a> against Frankie Edgar in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 27. The bout will headline <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/photo-ufc-drops-official-poster-for-ufc-240-holloway-vs-edgar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC 240<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A media luncheon was held to promote UFC 240. During the session, a reporter said there&#8217;s a lot of talk that Canada no longer has their face of MMA with Georges St-Pierre retired. Holloway jokingly took exception (video via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/1152001352471416833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMAFighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/1152001352471416833<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are wrong, you&#8217;re looking at him.&#8221; Holloway said. &#8220;You know, we&#8217;ll see what happens. We call it the 10th island, but Canadians I got nothing but for love for them man. They got nothing but love for me. It was Canada Day the other day. I don&#8217;t know if you saw the meme [of] famous or successful MMA fighters. Had four guys &#8211; GSP, Rory MacDonald, I don&#8217;t know who the other one was, and then there was me. So you Canadians I love you guys, eh?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Holloway has been on quite a roll, winning 13 of his last 14 outings. Holloway fell short in his bid to capture interim lightweight gold, losing to Dustin Poirier via unanimous decision. It&#8217;s Holloway&#8217;s first loss since Aug. 2013. Since the fight was contested at 155 pounds, &#8220;Blessed&#8221; didn&#8217;t have his featherweight title up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Max Holloway&#8217;s popularity in Canada warrants him being dubbed the face of MMA in the country?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Holloway believes he&#8217;s the gold standard of mixed martial arts in Canada. Holloway is proud to hail from Hawaii, but he&#8217;s expressed his love for Canada as well. 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