The limited mobility did not allow Holloway to maintain his customary pressure as the fight extended into the championship rounds.“It is what it is,” said Holloway, who was tight-lipped regarding his strategy for Volkanovski. Max Holloway’s hoping for gold wrapped around his waist when UFC 251 wraps up. monitoring_string = "5eb5a0f65cbe346d74f978e14db1b00d" The perennial joker in Max Holloway hilariously responded to a question regarding his upcoming weight cut. “Max doing what he could on his own, and just coming together to tie this camp up.”The rematch between Holloway and Volkanovski is the co-main event at the UFC’s highly anticipated Fight Island event on Yas Island. But Ivan Flores, Holloway’s striking coach, says that their team followed the social distancing guidelines and had minimal in-person training throughout most of the camp.“We were just staying at home, and so it was literally just the coaches coming together,” Flores said. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy loss Exclusive: Kings MMA’s Rafael Cordeiro on Training Mike Tyson,...After the Bell: Shillan & Duffy Recap UFC Fight Night 175UFC Fight Night 175 Highlight Video: Alex Caceres Submits Austin UFC Fight Night 170 was held in an empty arena Saturday in Brazil. All Rights Reserved. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. “I like fighting, and you guys are going to see a fight come July 11.”The main card fights get underway at 4:00 p.m. Hawaii Time, July 11 on ESPN+ pay-per-view.Hawaii native, Mililani High School graduate, sports journalist for Hawaii News Now (KGMB/KHNL). Second KB match. HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - From the West Side to the Middle East ― in just 11 days, Waianae’s Max Holloway (21-5) is set to return to the octagon to attempt to take back his UFC featherweight title and usher in what he’s calling the “hair era.”“Buckle in, the hair era is going to be in full effect,” Holloway told Hawaii News Now on Wednesday morning at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.The debut of a new haircut ahead of his almost 9,000-mile flight to Abu Dhabi ― where he is set for a rematch with Alexander Volkanovski (21-1) ― is definitely something new for the Waianae native. Waianae’s Max Holloway will make more history on the UFC’s first Fight Island card in Abu Dhabi By Star-Advertiser staff July 10, 2020 loss win #lilevil #tbt Max Holloway entered the UFC with a 4-0 record and now sits atop his division with a 19-3 record and currently riding one the best win streaks in all of the UFC at twelve straight with his last three all coming by way of knockout or TKO.
Holloway, who joked that the biggest difference in his rematch with Volkanovski will be his long quarantine hair, added that his action figure is more must-have than any of the others in the series. Holloway (21-5) has dropped two of his past three fights, his worst streak in seven years and a stark contrast from his recent 13-fight win streak.Known for hitting opponents with overwhelming volume, Holloway wears out fighters in the cage and then capitalizes. HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s own Max Holloway, makes weight ahead of his rematch with Alexander Volkanovski for the Featherweight title at UFC 251.A masked-up Holloway tipped the scales at 145-pounds this morning before squaring off with Volkanovski at today’s weight-in event before tomorrow’s highly anticipated ‘Fight Island’ in Abu Dhabi.This rematch comes just seven months after their first fight, where Volkanovski took the featherweight title from Holloway by unanimous decision.That broke the Waianae native’s 14-fight win streak in the featherweight division, but Holloway is looking to take the title back, saying that this will be the beginning of his new ‘hair’ era after sporting a noticeably longer length of hair.With both fighters making weight and both testing negative for coronavirus, the rematch is set for Saturday night in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.The triple-header main events start at 4:00 p.m. Hawaii time, on ESPN + pay-per-view.Hawaii native, Mililani High School graduate, sports journalist for Hawaii News Now (KGMB/KHNL).
monitoring_string = "5eb5a0f65cbe346d74f978e14db1b00d" But Volkanovski was never in harm’s way during their fight, controlling the pace after hitting some damaging inside leg kicks to Holloway’s left leg.
July 1, 2020 at 2:46 PM HST - Updated July 1 at 3:31 PM A Gray Media Group, Inc. Station - © 2002-2020 Gray Television, Inc. Ahead of the fight, Volkanovski said that he won their last match outright, but Holloway is not phased by his opponent’s remarks.“We’re from Hawaii, and we like to say talk is cheap,” Holloway said.