Max Holloway lyckades ta sig från interimmästare till fjäderviktsmästare, då han slog ut Jose Aldo i tredje ronden under nattens UFC 212. Holloways senaste förlust var för tolv matcher sedan, då han besegrades av Conor McGregor via ett enhälligt domslut under ”UFC:Fight Night 34”, men det gör honom inte sugen på att jaga Conor för ett returmöte.
Holloway vill nämligen inte gå några ”money fights”, han vill försvara sin titel, och tycker därför att McGregor borde jaga honom. Detta hade Max att säga, via ”MMAJunkie”:
That guy was the 2015 champ. This is called the year 2017 right now. He was the 2015 champ, and I’m the champ. If he wants to come back down, he can come and get it. But if not, it is what it is. He’s a different kind of guy. He’s the guy who’s always looking over the fence. He’s always trying to look for the next great thing. He never really controlled his (championship).
I want to defend my throne. I want to show I’m the champ. Come try to take my village – off with your head. This guy’s over here, always trying to look for the bigger thing, and that’s him. Good for him. I ain’t going to try to chase someone around; I ain’t going to try and talk about someone who’s not talking about me.
He gets to choose his fights. Why am I going to try and beg him to fight me? Get the hell out of there with that (expletive). He can beg to fight me now, dog. I’m to that point where people are going to start asking me to fight. I’m not going to ask people to fight. I’ve got my throne. If he wants it, come see me.
