In the wake of UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway ’s dismantling of Brian Ortega in the UFC 231 headliner on Saturday night, the conversation immediately started shifting as to whether or not “Blessed” is the greatest 145-pound fighter of all time. There’s a plethora of numbers and stats to back up Holloway as potentially being the GOAT, not the least of which is his 13-fight winning, which ranks only behind Anderson Silva’s streak of 16. But Holloway, who is just 27, isn’t ready to crown himself the greatest featherweight and still believes that designation belongs to Jose Aldo , who ruled the division as champion for many years until Conor McGregor took the title with a stunning 13-second knockout in 2015 . Speaking of McGregor, his SBG Ireland training partner, Bellator’s Dillon Danis, wasn’t fond of the “Holloway as GOAT” talk being thrown around following UFC 231 (via Twitter ). they do Conor dirty by saying max is the best FW ever… Conor is, he beat porier, aldo, mendez AND max and more All that is true. When McGregor competed at 145 pounds, he did beat Aldo, Dustin Poirier, Chad Mendes, and Holloway (who hasn’t lost since that 2013 encounter)
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Dillon Danis defends Conor McGregor over Max Holloway as greatest featherweight – MMA Junkie