Max Holloway admitted he would love a rematch towards Conor McGregor and recalled the ‘cool’ second the pair shared again in 2013.
The pair shared the Octagon a very long time in the past now in what was simply the Infamous’ second battle within the UFC following his transfer from Cage Warriors.
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The battle went the gap with the Irishman getting the choice however quite a bit has occurred since then.
Holloway was simply 21 on the time of the defeat and went on an unimaginable run of 13 consecutive UFC wins, together with back-to-back victories towards Jose Aldo.
The Hawaiian fighter is trying to cease a two-fight shedding streak at Combat Island on Saturday when he faces Calvin Kattar however stated a rematch with McGregor ‘intrigues’ him.
“I’m a competitor. I need to compete,” the previous featherweight champion stated. “Individuals take into account him [to be] the most effective guys in our sport. what I imply? Till in the present day.
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“I can’t wait. As a competitor, I’d like to [rematch him]. That was one of many fights that intrigues me.
“And such as you stated, we fought [such] a very long time in the past. And he is aware of that too.
He added: “On the finish of the day, like I stated, very first thing’s first, we’ve received Kattar. We’ll determine it out after this.”
Holloway additionally recalled a pleasant second the pair shared proper earlier than their weigh-in again in 2013.
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He added: “He was tremendous cool. I imply, like, the dude, like… we’d get in one another’s faces for weigh-ins.
“However proper earlier than the weigh-ins, we’re within the again and we’re standing subsequent to one another since you’re like this (places his forefingers collectively) earlier than you stroll out.
“And he’s like, ‘Hey.’ I instructed him, ‘Hey, good shorts.’ And he’s like, ‘You too.’
“We had some cool trying shorts on on the time. After which that’s it. The dude is an efficient man.”
