With Max Holloway fresh off the back of a resounding win over the weekend, the UFC brass are already talking about a trilogy fight against Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski. Claims that Max Holloway is the best boxer in the UFC don’t sit well with the champ, who took the chance while on The MMA Hour to remind viewers just who won their last fight.
“Man, Max eats a lot of shots! He’s a volume striker, but he’s happy to eat one to give a couple. But, I mean, how long can that last?
Volkanovski: Max Holloway’s Chin “is Going to Go… I’m Going to be Looking For It!”
I’m telling you, that chin’s going to go soon. It is going to go soon. You cannot cop that much damage. Yeah, they’re talking about 3000 strikes he’s [landed], which is incredible. Clap for that. But he’s probably in the 1000s or 2000s of absorption as well. There you go, that’s not healthy.
And Conor [McGregor] touched on that actually. Conor makes a good point. You talk about being a boxer, it’s hit and not get hit. That’s what makes the best boxer.
So, you look at the numbers he’s hitting a lot of numbers, but let’s look at other numbers. Let’s look at ratios. Let’s look at how many strikes they’re landing to not landing.
It doesn’t get more impressive than mine, I don’t think. I think mine would be right up there. But again, you want to talk numbers, let’s talk real numbers.”
Volkanovski has already defeated Holloway twice, although their last fight was a controversial decision win. Max Holloway has famously never been knocked out in his long MMA career, but Volkanovski believes he can be the one to change that.
‘“At the end of the day, I’ll give it to Max, he’s a gamer. I’m sitting there trying to knock him, but at the same time you’ve got to give him credit. It’s entertaining.
Don’t get me wrong, watching that, it’s great to watch. But, at the same time, you can’t do that forever, and that that chin is going to go. Let’s see if it goes [in] the next one. I’m going to be looking for it.”
Volkanovski’s message to Max Holloway is simple. Come and get it. “I don’t know what he’s pushing but I guarantee that’s what the UFC is going to bring to me [the trilogy fight].
And yeah, we’ll see what happens from there. But let’s stop the bullsh*t. If you want it, come get it. If not, we move on.” Are you looking forward to Volkanovski vs Holloway 3? Let us know in the comments.
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