Max Holloway wants to run it back with Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n
The former featherweight champion and current lightweight contender is awaiting his next assignment from the UFC following a lopsided loss to Charles Oliveira in a \u201cBMF\u201d title fight at UFC 326. Even before that fight happened, Holloway mentioned his interest in a rematch against McGregor, who has been teasing his return to action in 2026 following a five-year long absence from the sport while recovering from a devastating broken leg.<\/p>\n
Holloway fell to McGregor via decision back in 2013 but well past a decade later, \u201cBlessed\u201d wants to test the Irish superstar again.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore the fight, I was talking about it,\u201d Holloway said about McGregor on his YouTube channel. \u201cI mean Conor\u2019s there, Conor got one over me. He\u2019s talking about coming back. I\u2019m coming off a loss. It would look pretty fun to get that one back with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first fight happened at featherweight and both fighters actually suffered severe injuries during the three-round battle. Holloway was dealing with an ankle injury while McGregor blew his ACL, which obviously required surgery and a lengthy layoff afterwards.<\/p>\n
They never met again, although both McGregor and Holloway have expressed interest in a rematch.<\/p>\n
As he plots his comeback, McGregor hasn\u2019t confirmed his weight class, although all rumors point towards a return to welterweight where he scored wins over Nate Diaz and Donald \u201cCowboy\u201d Cerrone in the past.<\/p>\n
While he\u2019s never competed at 170 pounds, Holloway says he\u2019s down for the challenge, especially if it means he doesn\u2019t have to endure a weight cut before the fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know a lot of people are worried about the weight and this and that,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cIf he doesn\u2019t want to cut weight then I don\u2019t want to cut weight. We can do it at any weight to be honest. It\u2019s just about getting it back.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, that would be a fun fight but we\u2019ll see what happens. We\u2019ll see what way the UFC wants to go and that\u2019s all we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holloway mentioned that he still needs to sit down to talk with his team about what comes next but he\u2019s obviously anxious to erase the bad taste of a defeat out of his mouth.<\/p>\n
A showdown against McGregor would not only allow Holloway the chance to avenge a past loss but there\u2019s little doubt that would be one of the biggest non-title fights the UFC could potentially book.<\/p>\n
Now it\u2019s just a matter of whether or not the UFC is interested.<\/p>\n
\u201cSign me up,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cIf [155 pounds] is busy right now, we don\u2019t know who to pick. I know Conor keeps talking about coming back. That would be a fun fight. That fight really excites me and weight wouldn\u2019t be an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Holloway wants to run it back with Conor McGregor. The former featherweight champion and current lightweight contender…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":["post-558684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}