UFC light-weight contender Max Holloway would like to have a rematch with Charles Oliveira.
‘Blessed’ is contemporary off his return to the cage in the primary occasion of UFC 308 final month in Abu Dhabi. Contemporary off a knockout win over Justin Gaethje at light-weight, Max Holloway returned to featherweight. There, he met newly topped champion Ilia Topuria, who received the gold from Alexander Volkanovski in February.
After two back-and-forth rounds, it was ‘El Matador’ who cracked the chin of the Hawaiian. The knockout loss was the primary stoppage lack of Max Holloway’s storied profession, however he took it in stride. Following the loss, he introduced plans to take a while off. Nevertheless, upon his return, he shall be competing at 155 kilos full-time.
Talking on a latest livestream, Max Holloway mentioned the upcoming UFC 309 card. Within the co-main occasion of that pay-per-view providing, Charles Oliveira will return to face Michael Chandler. The five-round contest is a rematch of their prior assembly in Could 2021, the place ‘Do Bronx’ scored a second-round knockout win.
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👀🔥Max Holloway says it could be an “honour” to struggle Charles Oliveira for the BMF title:
“I heard Oliveira mentioned he needed to go for the BMF…if that struggle was ever supplied to me brother, it could be an honour to share the octagon with you bro, you’re a beast”
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Former UFC champion Max Holloway exhibits curiosity in rematch with Charles Oliveira
On the livestream, ‘Blessed’ confirmed curiosity in a future assembly with Charles Oliveira. If the 2 are booked towards each other, it could be a gathering of their prior assembly in Canada again in 2015. That evening noticed Max Holloway hand the younger Brazilian a first-round stoppage loss.
“I heard [Charles] Oliveira say he desires to go for the BMF Max Holloway exhibits curiosity in rematch with ‘beast’ Charles Oliveira: “It could be an honor to share the octagon”.” Max Holloway acknowledged on the latest livestream, discussing UFC 309’s co-main occasion. “That’s fairly cool. Additionally, Oliveira, I do know we have now some historical past, and I do know if that struggle was ever supplied to me, brother it could be an honor to share the octagon with you bro.”
He continued, “You’re a beast, you’re an animal. I can’t wait. I can’t look ahead to this struggle, this struggle [with Michael Chandler] is big.”
What do you make of those feedback from the previous UFC featherweight champion? Do you need to see Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira 2?
