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Max Holloway calls failed Khabib Nurmagomedov fight his biggest UFC regret: ‘This one hurts’

Preparing for his return at UFC 308 tomorrow, title challenger, Max Holloway has revealed his 2018 scuppered pairing with former lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov on short-notice is his one big regret during his lengthy and decorated tenure inside the Octagon.

Holloway, a former undisputed featherweight gold holder and the current symbolic BMF champion, is slated to return tomorrow in the headliner of UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi, UAE — tasked with handing the incumbent gold holder, Ilia Topuria his first professional mixed martial arts defeat in the pair’s heated grudge match.

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Most recently featuring on the main card of UFC 300 back in April, Hawaiian star, Holloway landed the above-mentioned symbolic BMF crown with a hellacious buzzer-beating stoppage of former interim champion, Justin Gaethje with just a single second remaining in the pair’s high-profile pairing.