UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway missed out on the opportunity to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov once before, and he doesn’t intend on allowing that to happen again. Holloway (20-4 MMA, 16-4 UFC) will move up to lightweight next month to meet Dustin Poirier (24-5 MMA, 16-4 UFC) for the interim title at UFC 236. With champ Nurmagomedov (27-0 MMA, 11-0 UFC) planning to take most of the year off in solidarity with his teammates also suspended for the infamous UFC 229 brawl , the promotion opted to move forward with the division.
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