Of the many fighters that are flummoxed and frustrated by Conor McGregor’s moonlighting in other divisions, Max Holloway is chief among them. The 24-year-old Hawaiian fighter who goes by the "Blessed" nickname feels anything but in the way things are shaking out in his division — the same division he has won nine straight fights in.
First McGregor, who beat him back in 2013 when McGregor first fought on American soil in Boston, got booked into a lightweight title fight with Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205. And now, as a direct consequence, featherweight interim champion Jose Aldo has requested his outright release from the UFC.