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Max Holloway makes case for lightweight move ahead of UFC return: ‘I had a competitive fight with Dustin Poirier’

Former undisputed featherweight champion, Max Holloway remains open to the possibility of a return to the lightweight limit following his UFC Fight Night Kansas City main event against Arnold Allen – claiming he can still mix it up with the upper-echelon contenders at 155lbs.

Holloway, the current #2 ranked featherweight contender, is slated to headline UFC Fight Night Kansas City this weekend in Missouri, taking on the surging, promotional-perfect contender, Allen in a pivotal, potential title-eliminator at the featherweight limit.

A former undisputed featherweight champion, Hawaiian favorite, Holloway dropped his third career defeat to current division titleholder, Alexander Volkanovski back in July of last year at UFC 276, suffering a one-sided unanimous decision loss to the Australian during International Fight Week.