Max Holloway isn’t counting on Jose Aldo to stand with him for five rounds.
“Blessed” is the current interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight title holder. He will battle 145-pound champion Aldo in a unification bout on June 3 inside the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Holloway appeared as a guest on this week’s edition of MMAFighting.com’s “The MMA Hour” (via MMAMania.com). When it comes to a stand-up war, Holloway isn’t holding his breath:
“There’s no surprise what Max wants to do, what I want to do. I go in there I strike, I strike, and I strike some more. Every time I fight a striker, everyone always says Max’s striking is not as good as this guy’s striking. When I fought Anthony Pettis, the same thing with Cub, and whatever. I tell you guys now, I’ve been making these strikers turn into wrestlers for a while now, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Jose tries to do this against me come June 3rd. I’m going to go in there and do what we do best. I got some of the best coaches in the world, some of the best game plans. Every single damn fight, you see me raise the level, and that’s what I am going to do, raise the bar against Jose and you guys will find out. It’s going to be fun, (we) got some secrets up our sleeve I cant tell, but tune in to the pay-per-view (PPV) June 3rd, you guys are going to watch something amazing.”
