Max Holloway News

Chris Taylor - January 26, 2019

UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway does not seem to agree with Conor McGregor that ‘Proper Twelve’ is Ireland’s best whiskey. ‘Blessed’ recently took to Twitter where he shared the following post proclaiming ‘Jameson Whiskey’ to be a “true pillar of Ireland”.

Tom Taylor - January 18, 2019

On Saturday night, in the main event of the UFC’s first-ever card on ESPN+, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will challenge flyweight champion Henry Cejudo in a bid to become one of the sport’s rare two-division champions. Apparently, however, winning two belts is only the primary goal for TJ Dillashaw. In the lead-up to this fight with Cejudo, Dillashaw has repeatedly mentioned that he’s interested in eventually moving up to the featherweight division to battle local champ Max Holloway for a third UFC belt.

Tom Taylor - January 8, 2019

During a recent Ask Me Anything session on the official Tristar YouTube channel, renowned MMA coach Firas Zahabi was asked for his thoughts on a rematch between former UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and current UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway. When the pair first met in 2013, McGregor walked away with a unanimous decision victory. If the pair were to rematch in the year 2019, however, Zahabi says he’d pick Holloway to come out on top — potentially even by stoppage.

Tom Taylor - January 6, 2019

On December 8, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title with a dominant defeat of formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega. As if Holloway’s victory over Ortega wasn’t already impressive enough, a fan on Twitter has pointed out that the featherweight champ seemed to be giving his foe advice in the middle of the fight. Mid-way through the fourth round, Holloway can be seen hoisting Ortega’s arm upward, seemingly reminding him to keep his hands up.

Chris Taylor - December 22, 2018

Max Holloway handed Brian Ortega the first loss of his professional career earlier this month at UFC 231 and made it look easy. The current UFC featherweight kingpin, Holloway battered “T-City” with a record-setting number of significant strikes on route to a fourth-round TKO victory.

Chris Taylor - December 22, 2018

In this week’s “Heavy Lies the Crown” feature, BJPENN.com’s Chris Taylor takes a look at the dangerous challenges awaiting current UFC featherweight king Max Holloway. “Blessed” defended his 145-pound title in stunning fashion earlier this month at UFC 231, scoring a lopsided TKO victory over an insanely tough Brian Ortega in Toronto.

Tom Taylor - December 21, 2018

The estimate for the pay-per-view buys of the recent UFC 231 card has been released. Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that the card, which was headlined by a featherweight title fight between champ Max Holloway and formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega, did roughly 240,000 – 300,000 pay-per-view buys. From WON, the current estimates for #UFC231 is 240k-300k buys. #UFC

Tom Taylor - December 13, 2018

Last weekend, in the main event of UFC 231, UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway returned to the Octagon in dominant form, defeating formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega by doctor stoppage. In the wake of this dominant performance, fans and pundits have once again started calling for Holloway to move up to the lightweight division, where the weight cut would be less intense, and new challenges would await.

Christopher Taylor - December 10, 2018

Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar was expected to challenge Max Holloway for the promotions featherweight title at UFC 222. Unfortunately for fight fans, that contest failed to come to fruition after “Blessed” suffered an injury in training.

Christopher Taylor - December 9, 2018

Current UFC featherweight kingpin Max Holloway set a bunch of records in his impressive UFC 231 victory over Brian Ortega last night in Toronto. “Blessed” put on an absolute clinic in last night’s main event, peppering Brian Ortega with punches for the better part of twenty minutes before doctors were eventually forced to call a stop to the action.

Christopher Taylor - December 9, 2018

Former UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and current division title holder Max Holloway are two of the promotions biggest stars. The UFC standouts have actually squared off in the past, with Conor McGregor emerging victorious by way of unanimous decision. That fight took place over five years ago, at UFC Fight Night 26 in Boston.

Tom Taylor - December 9, 2018

Last night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, undefeated featherweight contender Brian Ortega stepped into the cage with UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway. While Ortega had some real success in his long-awaited title fight with Holloway, he was ultimately thumped severely enough that the cage-side doctor elected to stop the fight between the fourth and fifth rounds. After a post-fight hospital visit, Brian Ortega has now issued a quick statement on this loss to Max Holloway. As always, the California native was the picture of class.

Tom Taylor - December 9, 2018

Last night, in the main event of UFC 231 in Toronto, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time, thumping formerly undefeated challenger Brian Ortega with such severity that the cage-side doctor stopped the fight between the fourth and fifth rounds. While not everybody agreed with the doctor’s decision to end the fight, UFC President Dana White believes it was the right decision.

Tom Taylor - December 9, 2018

On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway defended his title for a second time with a stoppage defeat of the formerly undefeated Brian Ortega. Shortly after Holloway’s impressive featherweight title defense, UFC President Dana White reiterated that he feels the featherweight champion would be wise to move up to the lightweight division, where he’d endure a less taxing weight-cut.

Tom Taylor - December 9, 2018

After his thrilling, stoppage defeat of Brian Ortega at UFC 231, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is interested in heading up to lightweight to battle some of the division’s top stars. Of all the dangerous fighters in the UFC lightweight division, none interest Holloway more than undefeated champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Christopher Taylor - December 9, 2018

Dillon Danis believes people are doing Conor McGregor dirty by suggesting Max Holloway is the best featherweight fighter in the history of the sport. Holloway successfully defend his UFC featherweight gold at tonight’s UFC 231 event, earning an impressive TKO victory over the previously undefeated Brian Ortega.

Chris Taylor - December 8, 2018

Tonight’s UFC 231 event is headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring current champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega. Max Holloway (19-3 MMA) has not competed since UFC 218 in December of 2017, when he defeated former division kingpin Jose Aldo for a second time by way of TKO.

Chris Taylor - December 8, 2018

The octagon returns to Toronto, Ontario, Canada this evening for the promotions stacked UFC 231 pay-per-view event. The fight card is headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight featuring current champ Max Holloway taking on undefeated contender Brian Ortega.