{"id":747824,"date":"2026-06-20T01:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747824\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T01:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:03:12","slug":"secret-weapon-max-holloway-enlists-jdm-as-ufc-329-sparring-partner-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747824\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Weapon? Max Holloway Enlists JDM As UFC 329 Sparring Partner | Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Max Holloway is leaving no stone unturned for his long-awaited rematch with Conor McGregor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/444863\/ufc-329-fight-card-start-time-date-location-conor-mcgregor-max-holloway-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 329<\/a> next month for International Fight Week. This includes bringing former UFC welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena into camp to help mimic McGregor\u2019s standup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As you know, McGregor is returning to action for the first time in five years. The UFC superstar has been sidelined since injuring his leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 back in July 2021. \u201cNotorious\u201d has been lining up his comeback ever since and it finally goes down on July 11 from Las Vegas, Nevada. It\u2019s expected to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-tickets\/447663\/ufc-329-tickets-nosebleeds-conor-mcgregors-return-run-you-nearly-2k-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of the promotion\u2019s biggest events of 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Holloway, who is coming off a disappointing \u201cBMF\u201d title loss to Charles Oliveira his last time out, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/426439\/carlos-prates-claims-conor-mcgregor-chickened-out-and-ran-away-from-welterweight-slugfest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not the first name that popped up<\/a> when McGregor announced his return, but matchmakers ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/444479\/dana-white-spoils-rousey-vs-carano-announces-conor-mcgregor-vs-max-holloway-2-for-ufc-329-on-july-11-in-las-vegas-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">settled on \u201cBlessed.\u201d<\/a> It makes sense not only because Holloway is a standup fighter who will give McGregor opportunities on the feet to land his heralded power, but also because the two fighters have history. Remember, McGregor defeated Holloway via unanimous decision in a featherweight matchup all the way back in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">While McGregor hasn\u2019t fought in five years he remains the promotion\u2019s biggest star. This only means good things for Holloway as he\u2019ll have more eyes on this fight than ever before. This has motivated Holloway to train to the best of ability, which includes bringing in JDM to show him different looks in sparring. It\u2019s unknown at this time if JDM can completely mimic McGregor and really help give Holloway an advantage for their rematch, but it\u2019s worth a shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Stick with Mania for more UFC 329 fight card news and coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Holloway is leaving no stone unturned for his long-awaited rematch with Conor McGregor at UFC 329 next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146],"class_list":["post-747824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747824","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=747824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}