ABU DHABI – Max Holloway knows his work inside the octagon is the only way back to gold ahead of Saturday’s UFC on ABC 1 headliner. Holloway (21-6 MMA, 17-6 UFC), a former longtime UFC featherweight champion, competes in his first non-title bout since June 2016 this weekend when he clashes with Calvin Kattar (22-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in a main event matchup. After losing back-to-back title bouts against reigning 145-pound champ Alexander Volkanovski, Holloway is looking to find a way to retake his spot atop the mountain. It’s not often fighters get a third opportunity when they’ve lost to one person twice, but Holloway said a meeting with UFC president Dana White prior to accepting the matchup with Kattar gave him a better idea of his journey moving forward. “We just want to see what was going, what the road looked like, and he pretty much said what he said,” Holloway told MMA Junkie on Wednesday. “He said, ‘Go out there and keep working, kid, and we’ll see what happens (for a title shot).’ We’ll figure it out.
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Before UFC on ABC 1, Max Holloway details meeting with Dana White on future – MMA Junkie