Max Holloway

Volkanovski is the No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter on the UFC's pound-for-pound list, but after that performance, it's reasonable to ask if he's surpassed ...

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UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski reacts to his win over Max Holloway at UFC 276 and what's next.

“It gives me time to see what’s happening and maybe see what’s happening in my division. Volkanovski is confident that’s now a thing of the past and wants to move on to bigger things. “It’s been a bit of a journey this rivalry,” Volkanovski told reporters at the UFC 276 post-fight press conference.

LAS VEGAS — Alexander Volkanovski left no doubt about his supremacy in the UFC featherweight division while wrapping up his trilogy against Max Holloway ...

Cerrone beat Miller in their first meeting in 2014, but Cerrone is now 4-10 since 2016 with a seven-fight winless streak. Bryan Barberena also stopped Robbie Lawler on strikes late in the second round of a brutal fight in which both veterans absorbed tremendous punishment. The 38-year-old Miller’s landmark victory broke his tie with Cerrone and Andrei Arlovski for the UFC’s career wins mark. Before the title fights, Alex Pereira demolished Sean Strickland with strikes midway through the first round of a victory that burnished the Brazilian kickboxing champion’s status as an immediate title contender at middleweight. Holloway’s answers dwindled as his cuts grew larger, and Volkanovski patiently racked up scoring shots to leave no doubt in the decision. “He thinks he’s got what it takes,” Volkanovski said of Cejudo. “People want to challenge me, but they need to be big fights. Cannonier, getting his first UFC title shot at 38 years old, struggled to find a consistent striking range, and he didn’t show enough desperation to figure it out. Volkanovski executed a sharp boxing game plan against one of the UFC’s best punchers, bloodying Holloway’s face early on and steadily increasing the punishment into the final minutes. Alexander Volkanovski, left, fights Max Holloway in a featherweight title bout during the UFC 276 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) Alexander Volkanovski, left, fights Max Holloway in a featherweight title bout during the UFC 276 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) Alexander Volkanovski, left, fights Max Holloway in a featherweight title bout during the UFC 276 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) Alexander Volkanovski, left, fights Max Holloway in a featherweight title bout during the UFC 276 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Holloway took featherweight champion Volkanovski to the final bell for the third time in their careers, but he was unable to tough his way to another world ...

"I want to be active," Volkanovski added. "I want to be busy. "It adds to the story. Volkanovski is now eyeing a move to lightweight, where the belt is technically vacant after controversy over Oliveira's recent weight miss. “Max Holloway is an absolute beast," Volkanovski told Joe Rogan in the octagon afterwards. And during the second round he was brutally cut above the left eye with a right hand; an injury that continued to bother him throughout the fight.

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I don’t know whether that picked him up or whatever he did but from the third round on, he picked his pace up.” so the sleep pattern and everything got broken up and he was really, really flat that morning,” he said. “That’s why I was confident coming into this one.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Max Holloway was forced to fight on with blood streaming down his face after Alexander Volkanovski caused an eyebrow gash that has ...

A third agreed: "That is one of the worst cuts I’ve ever seen." "I want to be busy. With a second adding: "Holloway cut is probably one of the worst if not the worst cuts in UFC history."

Hawaii's Max Holloway absorbed a kick to the face from Alexander Volkanovski in a featherweight title bout at UFC 276 in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Volkanovski out-struck Holloway 199 to 127. I want to be busy,” Volkanovski said. When it was over, even Holloway, whose face and shorts were covered in blood after a bad cut opened over his left eye in the second round, couldn’t question who the best is at 145 pounds. Volkanovski was met with a scattering of boos that turned into acknowledging cheers as the fight wore on and it became and obvious that Holloway offered little for Volkanovski to be concerned about. “I just proved to you that I want to be in this Octagon as much as possible. I really needed it.

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In the rematch, Holloway was much more competitive and in the eyes of most, he did enough to beat Volkanovski at UFC 251 in July 2020. In the meantime, the champion defended his title against Brian Ortega and ‘The Korean Zombie’ to establish himself as one of the very best fighters in MMA – something he solidified with his dominant decision win over Holloway last night. Alexander Volkanovski proved to be one of the top pound-for-pound UFC fighters at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with a comprehensive shutout over Max Holloway in their trilogy fight.