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Sportsnaut on MSNMax Holloway next fight: ‘Blessed’ defends BMF belt against a UFC legend this SaturdayThe Max Holloway next fight news has arrived, and the featherweight icon is heading back to lightweight at UFC 318.
Conor McGregor ‘startled’ Max Holloway after suffering horror injury in their early career UFC fight
McGregor turned awkwardly and tore his ACL, which Holloway recalls led him to make a blood curdling scream that made him temporarily check out from the fight. “The scream was like a painful scream,” he told CBS Sports.
Holloway shared the Octagon with Topuria at UFC 308 and ended up suffering his first knockout loss. It was a successful UFC Featherweight Championship for “El Matador,” who moved on to capture the lightweight gold by knocking out Chares Oliveira.
A UFC veteran believes Max Holloway's vicious KO loss to Ilia Topuria could affect him in his upcoming fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC 318.
Poirier will challenge champion Holloway at UFC 318, as ‘The Diamond’ looks to add the symbolic belt to his mixed martial arts résumé in what will mark his final appearance inside the Octagon.