“I want to be a champion. I want to be a long-reigning featherweight champion. I want to be known in the history books: my name everywhere as a champion. And then, later on in my career, when I start getting good, then I can start doing the exhibition matches for money and stuff.”

American professional mixed martial artist

Max Holloway is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the UFC’s Lightweight division and is known as a former UFC Featherweight Champion and former symbolic UFC “BMF” titleholder. Holloway built his reputation in the UFC as one of the standout featherweights of his era, before moving up to lightweight. His name is closely tied to high-level striking, long championship runs, and a career that has kept him among the division’s leading contenders.