Max Holloway: I’ll Fight Conor McGregor At Any Weight To Get Rematch
Just like several other fighters, title contender Max Holloway wants to fight UFC lightweight champion, Conor McGregor. Holloway is scheduled to fight Anthony Pettis in the five-round main event of UFC 206 of this weekend for the interim featherweight title, which McGregor vacated due to inactivity.
The winner of the Holloway vs. Pettis fight will meet current featherweight champion Jose Aldo at a later date. Holloway (16-3) will look for his 10th consecutive victory this weekend, but he is also looking to get his revenge on McGregor, who handed Holloway his last loss. If Holloway wants to get a rematch with McGregor, it looks like he will have to chase the Irish superstar to another division get it.
However, that will not be a problem for Holloway, who said in a recent interview that he would fight the UFC megastar at any weight and that includes heavyweight.
“First things first, I’ve got Pettis,” Holloway said Friday to MMA Fighting. “But you know, a McGregor fight can happen anyway. He said 155, 170, I recently said I’ll go ahead and fight heavyweight if he wants to fight heavyweight.”
According to Holloway, he’d have no problem going up to 155 pounds and following McGregor to his new division if that’s what it takes to get the rematch.
“My birthday is in a couple days,” Holloway said. “I’m 25. My body is growing. You know? The plan is to kill everybody, take out all the contenders, no whining. When I get my title shot, I get my shot. Take down [opponents] and ask whose next and see what happens … I’m Hawaiian, I’m Polynesian, us boys can get big, so we’ll see what happens. I would love to do that,” Holloway said of repeated McGregor’s two-title feat. “Everybody hates on this guy. For what? If you had this opportunity, you know damn straight that you’d take it. If I had the opportunity, yes, it’s history. I want to break history. Like I said before, Conor McGregor set this bar, and I’m trying to break it. If you’re not trying to break it, then why are you in the game/ I’m not trying to be this guy just chugging along, I want to lead the pack. If I got this opportunity you’re damn straight I want to fight for two, give me three. Let’s make history.”
UFC 206 takes place on Saturday, December December 10, 2016, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
