Fjäderviktsmästaren, Max Holloways (20-4 mma, 16-4 UFC), lättviktsdebut i UFC var om interimbältet mot Dustin Poirier (25-5-1 mma, 17-4-1 UFC). En match som Poirier vann via domslut efter fem ronder av ”krig”.
Viktklasser
Via BJPENN.com får vi reda på Holloways syn på viktklasser (transkribering via Hawaii News Now):
“Lightweight was great. Lightweight was fun. 155 was 155. Just like how 170 will be 170, just like how when I make my heavyweight debut, it’s gonna be a heavyweight debut. It is what it is. Weight is weight, I don’t care. I’m a modern day gladiator. Back in the day, gladiators didn’t ask you about your weight. They just showed up to the arena and they fought. That’s what I do every night.”
I en ny intervju med MMA Junkie berättar Holloway mer om just hur han ser på sin position i lättvikten. Föga överraskande ser sig Holloway som en i toppen även i denna viktklass.
“Birds fly, fishes swim, I fight. It ain’t nothing. You send me a contract with Daniel Cormier’s name on top tomorrow, you know I’m signing it. ‘DC’ I love you, my man, but I’m a fighter. It is what it is. This is a bump in the road and I can’t wait to get back. ’55 is still there. ’55 there’s a lot of challenges.
When I lost to Dustin the first time at ’45, the ladder was so long to the belt. But the ’55 ladder, it’s right there. I’m in the mix. If I go up there I feel I’ll be right in the mix with all the top contenders. No disrespect to them, but I think it’s a fun weight class to be. We’ll see what happens.”
Huruvida vi får se Holloway i lättvikt snart igen återstår att se. Först har han ett bälte att försvara i fjädervikt mot den alltid tuffe Frankie Edgar (23-6-1 mma, 17-6-1 UFC) på UFC 240 i juli.
