{"id":335580,"date":"2019-12-16T10:48:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T18:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=335580"},"modified":"2019-12-16T10:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T18:48:59","slug":"max-holloway-thought-he-did-enough-to-get-the-win-over-alex-volkanovski-at-ufc-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/max-holloway-thought-he-did-enough-to-get-the-win-over-alex-volkanovski-at-ufc-245\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway thought he did enough to get the win over Alex Volkanovski at UFC 245"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Max Holloway has stated that he felt like he did enough to get the win over Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The two men went head-to-head for the UFC Featherweight Championship in Las Vegas this past weekend, with the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/ufc-245-results-alexander-volkanovski-defeats-max-holloway-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Australian challenger taking the title away (opens in a new tab)\">Australian challenger taking the title away<\/a> from &#8220;Blessed&#8221; to bring his reign of dominance in the division to an abrupt end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>While Holloway was clearly happy to accept the defeat and move on to the next fight, he also noted during his post-fight press conference that, at the time, he believed he was going to get the nod from the judges.<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Max Holloway reacts to losing UFC featherweight title | UFC 245 Post-Fight Press Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ce8o1Chj9Ww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to sound like no sore loser,\u201d Holloway said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/12\/max-holloway-reaction-decision-ufc-245-alexander-volkanovski-title-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Junkie (opens in a new tab)\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI haven\u2019t watched the tape or nothing, but I thought I had enough. But there\u2019s two guys that opinions who matters the most and them two didn\u2019t treat it my way. But it is what it is. We\u2019ll be back. Like I said, I\u2019m only 28. I\u2019m only 28 guys and we\u2019ll be back when I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cI thought the first round I was feeling him out, so he did what he did in the first round,\u201d Holloway added. \u201cSecond round, I thought I was taking over, then three, four, five I thought was mine. But they saw it other ways. There\u2019s only three opinions who matter. Like Burt Watson said, \u2018Don\u2019t leave it to the judges, they\u2019ll make you cry.\u2019 They made me cry twice in 2019, so let\u2019s look forward to 2020. New year, new me.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There are plenty of different options for Holloway as we look ahead to 2020 with an immediate rematch certainly being one of them. UFC President Dana White has stated he likes the idea of a Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway rematch, ideally in the former&#8217;s native Australia.<\/p>\r\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\/16\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Holloway has stated that he felt like he did enough to get the win over Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245. 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