Max Holloway

Holloway took featherweight champion Volkanovski to the final bell for the third time in their careers, but he was unable to tough his way to another world ...

"I want to be active," Volkanovski added. "I want to be busy. "It adds to the story. Volkanovski is now eyeing a move to lightweight, where the belt is technically vacant after controversy over Oliveira's recent weight miss. “Max Holloway is an absolute beast," Volkanovski told Joe Rogan in the octagon afterwards. And during the second round he was brutally cut above the left eye with a right hand; an injury that continued to bother him throughout the fight.

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I don’t know whether that picked him up or whatever he did but from the third round on, he picked his pace up.” so the sleep pattern and everything got broken up and he was really, really flat that morning,” he said. “That’s why I was confident coming into this one.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Max Holloway was forced to fight on with blood streaming down his face after Alexander Volkanovski caused an eyebrow gash that has ...

A third agreed: "That is one of the worst cuts I’ve ever seen." "I want to be busy. With a second adding: "Holloway cut is probably one of the worst if not the worst cuts in UFC history."

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Hawaii's Max Holloway absorbed a kick to the face from Alexander Volkanovski in a featherweight title bout at UFC 276 in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Volkanovski out-struck Holloway 199 to 127. I want to be busy,” Volkanovski said. When it was over, even Holloway, whose face and shorts were covered in blood after a bad cut opened over his left eye in the second round, couldn’t question who the best is at 145 pounds. Volkanovski was met with a scattering of boos that turned into acknowledging cheers as the fight wore on and it became and obvious that Holloway offered little for Volkanovski to be concerned about. “I just proved to you that I want to be in this Octagon as much as possible. I really needed it.

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“They are a lot bigger wins than your average defense.” It was hurting, it was hard time, but it made me who I am now, so I’m proud that it happened. I don’t need anyone help me raise the bar, I do it myself, but he makes it easy to make me be disciplined.” I don’t know if it was a part of his game to get inside my head and try make me brawl or something like that and fight silly, I don’t, but I was like, ‘Mate, you just put fire in my belly. I wanted to go there, I was going to soak up the energy, even if it was boos, whatever, I was using that to get that fire in the belly. I needed that,” Volkanovski said on Saturday. “I was going to go to that [pre-fight] press conference, I thought it was going to be chill.

MAX HOLLOWAY's cut is one of the worst ever seen in the UFC Octagon.

“The Great” is now setting his sights on the lightweight title which is currently vacant after former champion Charles Oliveira missed weight against Justin Gaethje in May. The defeat to Volkanovski snapped a two-fight win streak for fan-favourite Holloway, who had forced his way back into the title picture with back-to-back victories over Calvin Kattar and Yair Rodriguez. “Blessed” bled like a pig as the gash got wider and wider throughout the fight with the claret clearly obscuring the Hawaiian’s vision.

Max Holloway made his first public comments following a lopsided loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 276.

There are certainly plenty of fascinating options for the 30-year-old. We need to rebuild and we will. We need to rebuild and we will. Congrats to my brother— Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) @alexvolkanovski. Go get that 55 strap. Holloway challenged Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight title in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC 276 event in Las Vegas, and looked to get one back after dropping a pair of competitive decisions in their previous meetings. Prob gonna need a 4th to settle this.

Max Holloway is handling his trilogy-fight loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 276 with the utmost class.

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Max Holloway is handling his trilogy-fight loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 276 with the utmost class.

The third fight was the least competitive of the series, with “Blessed” getting busted up on the feet in a bloody affair. We need to rebuild and we will. Instead of getting down on himself, though, Holloway lifted his opponent up.

Max Holloway has issued a statement after suffering a third loss to Alex Volkanovski at last night's UFC 276 event in Las Vegas.

We need to rebuild and we will. We need to rebuild and we will. To all the fans do not cry for me Argentina. This is part -of life.