“It’s almost here. Only four days left. Please MMA gods, don’t take this one away from us again.”
That was my opening paragraph drafting this piece on Sunday (for Tuesday publication), just before finding out the MMA gods hate us.
Yet they sometimes giveth after they taketh away, and UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway filling in on six days’ notice more than qualifies as a “giveth.” In fact, I’ll call it a positive-sum replacement as the matchup with Holloway feels more intriguing and exciting than the one we’ve fruitlessly looked forward to four times now and will no longer mention.