Max Holloway has defined why he didn’t callout Alex Volkanovski following his knockout win over The Korean Zombie at UFC Singapore.
Holloway (25-7 MMA) collided with Chan Sung Jung (17-8 MMA) within the headliner of in the present day’s occasion in Singapore. The consequence was a third-round KO victory for ‘Blessed’ (see that here), with The Korean Zombie subsequently announcing his retirement.
The spotlight reel victory marked Holloway’s second in a row, as he had beforehand earned a unanimous resolution win over Arnold Allen in April of this 12 months. Previous to that, The Hawaiian was coming off his third profession loss by the hands of present featherweight kingpin Alex Volkanovski.
Regardless of his sensational efficiency, Max Holloway opted towards calling for a fourth struggle with the Aussie throughout his post-fight interview.
‘Blessed’ defined that call throughout this afternoon’s post-fight:
“Simple, man. All week, I’ve been saying simple. I’m not right here to name no person out. That’s your man’s job to determine that out. That’s the fan’s job to do for me. I’m simply right here to be simple, preserve being simple. I’m going to maintain crawling, scratching my means again to the highest of the mountain, and nobody’s going to cease me getting there.”
Max Holloway continued (h/t MMANews)
“I’m not a matchmaker man, it’s what it’s. If the simple arc goes that means, then it’s going that means. I’m not right here to name anyone out, I’m not right here to ask for no fights. I’m simply right here to have an excellent time and make some cash. So no matter means it goes.”
Max Holloway and Alex Volkanovski first met at UFC 245 in December of 2019, the place ‘The Nice’ dethroned ‘Blessed’ by unanimous resolution to turn out to be the brand new Featherweight champion. The pair would rematch at UFC 251 in July of 2020, with the Aussie as soon as once more rising victorious, this time by way of a razor shut break up resolution.
Their trilogy struggle would come final 12 months at July’s UFC 276 occasion, and Alex Volkanovski earned a dominant unanimous resolution win.
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