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Nicolas Atkin

Max Holloway has said he is “sure” he will still fight Khabib Nurmagomedov – provided they both still have the goal of being the greatest mixed martial artist of all time.
The UFC featherweight champion will defend his title against Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 245 in Las Vegas on Saturday night. But he admitted he still had plenty of what ifs after being deemed medically unfit to compete against the Russian for the lightweight title last April because of a botched weight cut.
Khabib has since gone on to beat Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier, both of whom have beaten Holloway. But “Blessed” thinks that means nothing.
“We don’t know, none of them is me, I’m not them,” Holloway told Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole. “Khabib is Khabib. I wish it happened.


“Khabib is on his way to being one of greatest to ever do it. I plan on being one of the greatest to ever do it. I’m sure we’re gonna meet.
“As long as my goal and his goal is the same, we’re gonna run into each other some time, and that’s being the greatest fighter of all time.”
UFC: Holloway only wants McGregor if ‘Mystic Mac’ is back
Holloway might be running out of time – Khabib has said he only wants to fight for a couple more years, with Tony Ferguson up next in April, and a Georges St-Pierre super fight touted for further down the line.
“We’ll see what happens,” Holloway said. “That fight excites me. There’s fights that raises lots of questions for someone, and he raises lots of questions. Hopefully we get to fight and find out the answers.”


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UFC 245

UFC 245: Max Holloway stills wants Khabib fight – ‘I’m sure we’re gonna meet’

UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway in Sai Ying Pun in August 2017. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

UFC: Jorge Masvidal tells Floyd Mayweather to ‘go beat up little guys in Japan’ if he wants easy money

Jorge Masvidal is awarded the ‘BMF’ belt by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson after his victory by TKO on a medical stoppage against Nate Diaz at UFC 244. Photo: AFP

Jorge Masvidal, right, punches Nate Diaz during the second round of a welterweight mixed martial arts bout at UFC 244 early Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, in New York. Masvidal won in the fourth round. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

UFC: Conor McGregor defends ‘troubling’ photos of Jose Aldo’s 135-pound weight cut

Conor McGregor knocks out then-champion Jose Aldo in 13 seconds during UFC 194 featherweight title bout in 2015. Photo: AP

UFC: Max Holloway says rematch with Conor McGregor inevitable if ‘Mystic Mac’ is back

Max Holloway poses with the Hawaiian flag before his second win over former featherweight champion Jose Aldo in 2018. Photo: AFP

(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 25, 2017 MMA figher Connor Mcgregor poses during a weigh-in in Las Vegas, Nevada. - Mixed martial star Conor McGregor said on March 25, 2019 he had retired from the sport, vowing to hang up his gloves for the second time in three years. (Photo by John GURZINSKI / AFP)

Max Holloway, top, of the United States, fights Jose Aldo, of Brazil, during their UFC featherweight mixed martial arts bout in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

UFC: Dana White says Conor McGregor told him he ‘definitely’ wants Jorge Masvidal fight

Conor McGregor returns to the UFC on January 18. Photo: AFP

UFC: Tony Ferguson vs Khabib fight matters most in MMA – Conor McGregor must take a back seat

Tony Ferguson looks on while competing against Anthony Pettis at UFC 229. Photo: AFP

UFC president Dana White stands between fighters Tony Ferguson, right, and Khabib Nurmagomedov, of Russia, during a news conference for UFC 209, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. Nurmagomedov and Ferguson are scheduled to battle in a lightweight mixed martial arts fight Saturday in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor of Ireland attends a media briefing in central Moscow on October 24, 2019 to announce his next MMA combat schedule on January 18, 2020 in Las-Vegas. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

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Featherweight champion says fight with lightweight king ‘excites me’
‘It raises a lot of questions, hopefully we get to find out the answers’



UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway says fight with lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov ‘excites me’ because it ‘raises a lot of questions’.


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UFC 245: Max Holloway stills wants Khabib fight – ‘I’m sure we’re gonna meet’

Featherweight champion says fight with lightweight king ‘excites me’ ‘It raises a lot of questions, hopefully we get to find out the answers’

Featherweight champion says fight with lightweight king ‘excites me’

‘It raises a lot of questions, hopefully we get to find out the answers’