Max Holloway praises Ilia Topuria after his back-to-back knockouts, showing respect for the rising star’s dominant performances.

UFC 318 goes down on Saturday from Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. In the main event, Louisiana legend Dustin Poirier will take a second crack at the symbolic BMF title when he faces Max Holloway.

Max Holloway believes Ilia Topuria's recent run isn't as good as people think and he explains why it isn't as good as some think.

Max Holloway now only has eyes for the lightweight title ... While he came up to lightweight to fight Justin Gaethje, ‘Blessed’ fought Ilia Topuria at featherweight. Meanwhile, following his BMF clash with Dustin Poirier, Holloway already has a ...

👀⚡️ Max Holloway believes Ilia Topuria ’s 3-fight win streak is overrated: "People just look at the names… Volk was coming off what he did… Oliveira was on a one-fight win streak." 🎥 @Shak_Fu pic.twitter.com/G1h0hPAmcO

On July 19, Max Holloway returns to the Octagon for the first time since his UFC 308 loss to Ilia Topuria when he defends his BMF title against Dustin Poirier in the UFC 318 main event.

Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) was knocked out for the first time in his career by Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in their featherweight title fight at UFC 308 last October. Both fighters have since moved up to lightweight, with Topuria capturing the vacant belt with a knockout of Charles Oliveira at UFC 317.

Ilia Topuria is currently on an incredible run by knocking out some of the biggest names in UFC history. Last The post ⁩Max Holloway Turns Sceptic over Ilia Topuria’s Resume: “It Just Sucks That…” appeared first on FirstSportz.

Max Holloway says Ilia Topuria is one of the biggest pound-for-pound punchers in the UFC. But is the hardest hitter he's ever fought? Not quite, says the BMF champion.

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.