“I’m taking this fight like this is my first fight and this could be my last fight."
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In his forthcoming match against Alex Volkanovski, Max Holloway plans to finish the fight. Max Holloway, a seasoned UFC fighter, has fought twice against Alexander Volkanovski, the current UFC Featherweight champion. The battles received a lot of encouragement from the audience. Both times, ‘Blessed’ lost on the judges’ scorecards, but it was a close race that might have gone any way. Max Holloway discussed his views on the third bout with “The Great” on July 2 at UFC 276 in a conversation with Brett Okamoto for ESPN MMA. Holloway emphasised the support he got since he felt he had won both battles.
Holloway said, “For sure, yeah, for sure. Both times, even the second time. But like a wise man once said, it is what it was. It is what it was man. You get back up on the horse, you keep riding it. We did what we did like how you said, especially the second one, Dana White, half the UFC roster said what they said. They thought I did enough but I wasn’t there to add any more gas to the fire. It happens, let it go, you move on and we’re here now.”
Holloway responded that he does not see the sense in getting upset about it when asked if it was hard to let go of having the defeats on the record when they might have been a win. “Not at all, not hard at all. Why cry over spilt milk? Obviously, I don’t know in what world or any world that someone thinks that he did it convincingly because we’re here for a third time. We’re here for a reason and you guys are going to find out that reason come July 2nd.”
He sent an invitation to a video game match and is ready to become friends with Volkanovski. He said, “People are saying I should get him in my lobby of Call of Duty when I play. I play Apex now though. We see what happens, why not? It is what it is.” Despite the last two fights going the entire distance, Holloway said he doesn’t expect this one to last past three rounds. He continued saying “I’m taking this fight like this is my first fight and this could be my last fight. We don’t know what happens after this, we don’t know if I ever fight again. You just really don’t know so that’s the way I’m approaching it and fans are going to be in for a treat for this one. I had ten rounds with this guy. We’d be lucky if we get past three in this one. It’s going to be an amazing one.”
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