Max Holloway does not mind whoever he faces inside the Octagon. (Photo : Getty Images/Suhaimi Abdullah)
Max Holloway has nine-fight winning streak spanning the past three years and in those years, the Hawaiian fighter accepted every fight offered to him without hesitation. Now that he has a chance to be a UFC champion, fighting for the interim featherweight belt does not bother him that much.
"I am a fighter. I want to fight," said Holloway in a report by MMA Junkie. 'Blessed,' while blasting those whom he calls 'crybabies' said he is willing to fight anybody anywhere and anytime. And though the interim belt looks like a less version of the real featherweight title which belongs to Jose Aldo, Holloway does not mind fighting for it believing that if someone wants to be the best in the world, that someone would have to fight anybody he is offered to fight against.
"Who cares? The belt is the belt, it's great, it's pretty, it's beautiful; you get a nice pretty payday, too, so I ain't complaining," he said.
If the Hawaiian wins the interim belt against former UFC champ Anthony Pettis at UFC 206, he would probably get a shot at Aldo who was just hailed featherweight champ weeks ago. Also, he would extend his winning streak to 10 fights to become the sixth fighter in UFC history to accomplish such feat.
Originally, the Holloway-Pettis fight was the co-headliner of the UFC heavyweight title clash between champ Daniel Cormier and veteran Anthony Johnson but Cormier suffered an injury and was forced to pull out from the fight.
In a report by CBS Sports, Pettis missed weight by three pounds but UFC president said that the fight would still continue. As a consequence, Pettis' 20 percent of his base salary would go to Holloway. Should Holloway defeat the American title, he would take the crown, but if Pettis wins, he would not take home the belt, also a result of him missing the weight.
UFC 206 is set on Dec. 10 at the Air Canada Center in Canada.
