Al Iaquinta doesn’t have a problem with the upcoming UFC interim lightweight title fight between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier.
Some were confused by the booking, considering Holloway is the reigning featherweight champion and there is an array of lightweight contenders waiting for their turn to fight for UFC gold.
Holloway is the fourth UFC champion to fight for a second title — albeit an interim one — in the past year. We are currently living in the era of superfights in MMA. Conor McGregor arguably started the trend of champions moving up or down in weight when he challenged Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight belt in 2016.