So that was scaring me,” said Holloway, the UFC’s undisputed featherweight champion since June 2017. “A lot of things were getting taken away from me that I had no control of. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Photographed at Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey, Thursday, Dec 6, 2019. UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will take on challenger Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245 on Dec. Another title defense fell through in July when Holloway began showing “concussion-like symptoms” days before a July 7 title defense against the South Bay’s Brian Ortega. Holloway then stepped up in April as a last-minute challenger, on six days’ notice, against lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov until doctors refused to let him fight due to an extreme weight cut. In February 2018, an injury forced him out of a March title fight with former champion Frankie Edgar. “We’re not spending that much money, but we try every way possible to make sure that we’re doing it a clean way, a healthy way and being able to just have our body perform.”Īnd Holloway’s mind started getting the better of him last year. “We heard he spends $1.2 million on recovery, just his body, and that’s what we try to do,” Holloway said of the 34-year-old Lakers phenom. hoops star for helping him get through it. 1 contender Alexander Volkanovski at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Holloway dished an assist to another L.A. Yet, as he endured a challenging camp for Saturday’s UFC co-main event against No. On this day, however, Holloway was sporting a Clippers City shirt, professing his love for former Raptor Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. It comes through in his speech, the cadence and delivery, as well as his laid-back vibe. Make no mistake though, Holloway is Oahu through and through. The Hawaiian native is a diehard Raptors fan. LOS ANGELES > UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway rolled into town last week showing off his love for the NBA culture.
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