Max Holloway faces Dustin Poirier at UFC 236 this weekend for the Ultimate Fighting Championship interim lightweight title, with the winner to face undisputed champion Khabib Nurmagomedov later in the year.
Holloway is stepping up a weight class after essentially clearing out the featherweight division, including back-to-back dominant displays over longtime 145-pound king Jose Aldo. Holloway told the UFC’s official website that he doesn’t fight for the belts, but to test himself against the toughest guys in the division.
“The belt is the belt, you know?