Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is 2-0 against Alexander Volkanovski going into this Saturday’s trilogy fight at UFC 276. Appearing on The MMA Hour, “Blessed” Holloway was remarkably aware of the historical moment before him, and promised to “bring balance back to the world” with a victory over his toughest opponent.
“If you look at it this way, it’s crazy. When in the last decade did this fight happen, where two top guys in the top 10 pound-for-pound rankings happen?
Max Holloway Promises to “Bring Balance Back to the World” With UFC 276 Win
How many times did it happen? The only guys that come to mind is ‘DC’ [Daniel Cormier] and [Jon] Jones. That’s the only guys. And we’re here now, and this fight, these things don’t happen. And these are the things that excite me. We get to be a part of that history. And to you guys, to all the hardcore fans, this is what they want.
They want the best of the best fighting each other — and they are. These top pound-for-pound fighters don’t fighters don’t fight each other. They just don’t. It doesn’t happen. It happens every so often in a decade, and we’re getting blessed with one right now.”
With UFC gold, and two of the featherweight division’s greatest fighters’ legacies on the line, Holloway is looking forward immensely to the occasion.
“We’re here for a reason. If it was so guaranteed already, we wouldn’t have been here. So I can’t wait. I can’t wait to go show. A lot of history on the line, a lot of legacy on the line, 0-0 Max is going in there looking for a finish. So I can’t wait.
I’ll fight this fight just like how I fought every other fight — like it’s my first and it might be my last. So I’ve been in there 10 rounds with the guy. I feel good, I feel confident, and I’ve been saying we’ll be lucky if we get past three in this one.” Is that all he’s focused on?
“At the end of the day, I always told myself the belt doesn’t define you. I’m a champion. I’ve been telling everybody that. I’m going to be a champion and I was a champion from since when I freakin’ got into the UFC. That’s just the way that you’ve got to carry yourself. If you don’t carry yourself that way, then why are you fighting? Are you fighting to be the second best in the world? That makes no sense.
So I keep telling myself that I’m the best and I’m the champ, and it is what it is. If you disagree, then we can figure it out in the octagon.”
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