“I Got One On One’s This Whole Training Camp” – Max Holloway Talks About His Unique Preparation UFC 251

Published 07/08/2020, 12:16 AM EDT

Max Holloway will aim to recapture his UFC Featherweight Championship this Saturday in the UFC 251 co-main event. Standing in his way is the man who dethroned him to become king of the 145 lbs division. ‘Blessed’ will have no doubt watched that fight over and over in his head and come up with a few crucial tweaks to his style. However, he wouldn’t have put them into practice. This is because he admitted to training via Zoom.

Ahead of the clash at Yas Fight Island, the Featherweight contender had a chat with Aaron Bronsteter of TSN. He explained the reason as to why he accepted the fight and did not wait. Holloway said, “Cause that’s not what fighters do. Fighters fight. You find out who’s the true fighters in these times.”

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Max Holloway likens UFC Fighters to gladiators

Furthermore, he shed light on the comparison of UFC Fighters to gladiators. As per the former Featherweight champion, fighters must always be ready to fight. He elucidated his point, “I’m not one to be like… in the olden times, people compared us to gladiators. whatever.”

He continued, “You ever seen gladiators walking around with scales? Being Like ‘hey step on the scale. You 20 pounds heavier, you can’t fight.’ Or you never hear them say ‘give me 6 weeks to get ready or 8 weeks to get ready for this.’ At the end of the day, you gotta be ready to fight.”

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As ‘Blessed’ trained on Zoom, he did not engage in sparring sessions. He opined that as he is experienced he knows how a kick or a punch works and didn’t need to spar that much. Also, he went on to explain the Zoom training a bit more here.

Holloway said, “They have a schedule. All our classes turn to online and you just jump in at that time and we train. Sometimes I’d get private sessions with them. We talk, we train or at times we do certain stuff and it was super good super easy. We talk about one on one’s. I got one on one’s this whole training camp and I feel great.”

Should Max Holloway be successful against Alexander Volkanovski, it would certainly prompt fighters to consider moving their respective training sessions online rather than risking injury.

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Reubyn Coutinho is a Combat Sports editor at EssentiallySports with over 2 years of journalistic experience. Having earned his bachelor's degree in Mass Media with a specialization in Journalism from Xavier's College, Reubyn has interned with the sports desks at DNA and Times Now before joining EssentiallySports to further his passion for sports content. Reubyn has interviewed former UFC champions like 'Mighty Mouse' Demetrious Johnson and Miesha Tate.

“I Got One On One’s This Whole Training Camp” – Max Holloway Talks About His Unique Preparation UFC 251

Max Holloway likens UFC Fighters to gladiators

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