Max Holloway wasn’t always a fighter. But as he explains, the first time he put his fists up, it was a result UFC fans have become used to.
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“Eighth grade, I remember it like yesterday,” he laughs. “My brother fought at recess. The bell rang and he tackled the boy twice, like picked him up and slammed him. We went to class, then one of the boys behind us was saying, ‘Your brother’s a bleep, he’s bleep bleep, who tackles in a fight?