{"id":781741,"date":"2026-07-06T02:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/781741\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T02:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:18:13","slug":"holloway-on-bmf-flop-be-mad-at-me-i-should-have-stopped-oliveira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/781741\/","title":{"rendered":"Holloway on BMF flop: \u2018Be mad at me, I should have stopped Oliveira\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Max Holloway is days away from a big money rematch against 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> There\u2019s a good chance their bout will be the biggest fight of the year, and it\u2019s quite a statement from the promotion that they decided to place \u201cBlessed\u201d in line for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/454843\/red-panty-night-comes-early-max-holloway-already-spending-ufc-329-paycheck-on-custom-dodge-charger\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a red panty night<\/a> with McGregor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Holloway\u2019s last fight was a disappointing one-sided loss to Charles Oliveira for the BMF belt that saw the Hawaiian get taken down and trapped on the ground by \u201cDo Bronx\u201d for five largely uneventful rounds. A lot of people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/429619\/mauricio-ruffy-critiques-charles-oliveiras-bmf-strategy-faces-the-wrath-of-his-wife-this-is-f-king-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were upset with Oliveira<\/a> for fighting that way when the Baddest Motherf&#8211;ker belt was on the line, but Holloway largely absolved his opponent for taking a strategic path to the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cTo just put it plain and simple, I\u2019m not a complainer, so I\u2019m not going to complain,\u201d Holloway told ESPN in a new interview. \u201cAnd at the end of the day everybody keeps talking about, \u2018How you feel,\u2019 because around the BMF belt, there\u2019s a certain aura. And of course, there\u2019s a certain aura. And so many people were used to that aura with the lineage of the belt. But you can\u2019t be mad at Charles because he went out there and just did what he thought he should do to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cThat doesn\u2019t line up with the belt, but it\u2019s still a fight. So at the end of the day, be mad at me because I should have stopped him, but I didn\u2019t. I had my opportunities to go in there and fight my fight. I didn\u2019t. He went out there, he fought a different fight. Of course, in my mind too, when I think of BMF, I think of certain fights. And that wasn\u2019t the fight we got. The guy still got a win, and it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Holloway did note that his certified BMF style of fighting has the UFC calling him for big fights despite any setbacks in the cage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cIt proves a point: in the UFC, it\u2019s not even [about] winning in the sport,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cWinning is great, winning is awesome, but how many times do we see guys winning, and they don\u2019t get certain opportunities? You gotta win in the sport, but you gotta win excitingly. We are in the entertainment business. So at the end of the day, it is what it is. I\u2019m here \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/452947\/charles-oliveira-skipped-over-as-conor-mcgregors-return-opponent-in-favor-of-holloway-rematch-part-of-the-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he\u2019s talking about it.\u201c<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Holloway is days away from a big money rematch against Conor McGregor at UFC 329. 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