Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is 0-3 against the reigning 145-pound champ, Alexander Volkanovksi. He’s not likely to get another shot at UFC gold in the weight class any time soon.
If that’s the case, he may seek his fortunes elsewhere, appearing on The MMA Hour to discuss a potential move up to the lightweight division to chase down the “BMF” belt.
Is Max Holloway Moving Up To The UFC Lightweight Division?
“For sure, there’s the other belts. But it’s always better to go to a different division while you’re holding a belt. That’s just what it is. We’ll see what happens.
We’ll see how July pans out, we’ll see how my next fight pans out, and we’ll see. Who knows? We saw that fun BMF belt, with Gaethje and Poirier. Me and Poirier fought two times [already] and people keep harassing me about Gaethje anyway.
At the end of the day, that would be fun at ‘55. I know there are a lot of fun fights for me at ‘55, maybe [Charles] Oliveira two, and of course I never got to finish the thing with Khabib [Nurmagomedov] but Islam [Makhachev] is there so that would be a great thing.
We’ll see what happens. Like I said, we’ll see the lay of the land. Never say never. I know people shouting out that BMF belt. That BMF belt would look real nice in my collection.”
Before that goes ahead, however, Holloway is expecting to face fellow former featherweight title contender Chan Sung Jung, “The Korean Zombie,” in surefire crowd-pleaser. “I called him out, he answered back pretty quick, so the ball is in the UFC’s court.
The ball is there. I would love that. Like I said, I told everyone, from that time when WEC was coming up, I fought most of those guys. Ricardo Lamas, [Jose] Aldo, [Anthony] Pettis, Dustin Poirier.
He’s one I never got yet. I never got to get him. He’s still here, still top 10 — I think he’s No. 7 or whatever — so it makes sense. One fight, I’m hearing he wants to retire, so why not go out on a bang?
I have no idea [why it hasn’t been booked yet]. I never heard nothing. All I know is I called him out, he replied with a cute video message, so let’s figure it out.”
Holloway will be hoping to return to action before too long, and another former foe is always in the corner of his eye: former two-division champ Conor McGregor.
“I think it happens. I don’t know what’s going on with the dude but I think at some point it happens. I don’t know if it’s going to be in the UFC or boxing. I think it happens though.”
