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UFC 236 Preview: Max Holloway's Legacy, Israel Adesanya's Rise and More

Five thoughts in advance of Saturday night’s UFC 236 card from Atlanta:

Max “Blessed” Holloway has a chance to cement his status as an unsurpassing fighter. The featherweight champ will try to add a belt to his notch, as it were, by beating Dustin Poirier in the co-main event, for the interim lightweight championship. There is very little Holloway doesn’t do well. And though he is coming off a war against Brian Ortega in December, the Hawaiian gave much worse than he got. Though this is billed as a “rematch,” Holloway lost to Poirier seven years ago, a lifetime in the dog years of UFC.