{"id":778281,"date":"2026-07-04T09:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/778281\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:52:27","slug":"holloway-on-mcgregor-trash-talk-just-please-show-up-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/778281\/","title":{"rendered":"Holloway on McGregor trash talk: \u2018Just please show up Saturday night\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">We\u2019re little more than one week out from Conor McGregor\u2019s big return to mixed martial arts (MMA) 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> where he\u2019s set to face Max Holloway on June 11, 2026, inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. All systems seem go (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/454671\/ufc-329s-conor-mcgregor-excited-to-show-off-improvements-in-upcoming-max-holloway-rematch-no-corners-cut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fingers crossed<\/a>), which is a relief for Holloway, who clearly wasn\u2019t sure \u201cThe Notorious\u201d would show up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/07\/02\/ufc-329-max-holloway-conor-mcgregor-trash-talk-convincing-himself-show-up\/90786336007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie<\/a>, Holloway said he was happy to hear McGregor sounding so confident coming into their rematch. McGregor beat Holloway badly in their first fight 13 years ago, blanking \u201cBlessed\u201d on the scorecards and even getting one 30-26 from the judges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Mac is now suggesting that Holloway hasn\u2019t changed much and is still the same fighter he \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/454034\/new-conor-mcgregor-vs-max-holloway-ufc-329-promo-drops-im-going-through-max\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sonned<\/a>\u201d all those years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cWhatever gets him to the Octagon Saturday night, keep telling yourself that,\u201d Holloway declared. \u201cJust please show up Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201dConor got the gift of gab, and he loves talking,\u201d Holloway added. \u201cMaybe he\u2019s talking to get himself ready. I support it 100 percent. Me, Max \u2018Blessed\u2019 Holloway, supports this message. Keep talking. I can\u2019t wait to see you come Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHim saying I\u2019m not a different fighter and blah, blah, blah, it is what it is,\u201d he concluded. \u201cKeep telling yourself whatever you\u2019ve got to tell yourself. I just need him to come and show up July 11, and get in that Octagon. Then we can find out if he\u2019s right or wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">We\u2019re two years later and past the two-week point, and everyone is still hoping McGregor turns up, including Max Holloway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re little more than one week out from Conor McGregor\u2019s big return to mixed martial arts (MMA) at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,1647],"class_list":["post-778281","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-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778281","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=778281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}