Max Holloway’s next fight could be coming to fruition, as the BMF champion put an old rival on blast for making excuses for their loss in 2015.<\/p>\n
‘Blessed’ is in a tough spot, being a potential contender for the lightweight throne, while being knocked out by the current champion, Ilia Topuria, last October in their featherweight title fight.<\/p>\n
Options are open for Holloway, however, as fans ruminate on a possible BMF fight in lieu of an undisputed shot, letting Holloway build more merit for a rematch and allowing the lightweight division to keep moving. One such name is Charles Oliveira, whom Holloway defeated by injury in 2015.<\/p>\n
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One little-known fact is Oliveira and Holloway crossed paths in the main event of UFC Fight Night 74 in 2015. Holloway walked away with a first-round victory after Oliveira claimed an esophagus injury, which allegedly left one side of his body paralyzed for four hours.<\/p>\n
“It was four hours without moving the left side,” Oliveira told Combate<\/a>. “Everything went through my head. I was afraid of being crippled. I was sad, I cried like hell.”<\/p>\n Ten years later and seventeen* title fights between them, Holloway and Oliveira could be on another collision course. *sixteen if you discount Oliveira’s weight miss at UFC 274<\/p>\n Defending BMF champion Holloway fired a shot at Oliveira following his win at UFC 318.<\/p>\n “There’s also Oliveira,” Holloway told UFC. “I heard he was yapping saying he was injured in our first fight. . . . But last time I checked, when they did a follow-up and wanted to find what the injury was, there was no injury… They said he was fine.<\/p>\n “I have no idea what the hell he’s talking about.”<\/p>\n Is Holloway vs. Oliveira the next fight to make for the BMF belt?<\/p>\n Stick with\u00a0MMAKnockout<\/a>\u00a0for more\u00a0FREE coverage\u00a0of the UFC, MMA, Boxing. Follow MMAKnockout on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n