UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway decided to test himself at lightweight by challenging Dustin Poirier for the interim 155-pound title at UFC 236. While things did not go well for the Hawaiian, he earned massive praises from fans and fellow fighters.
But according to his training partner Yancy Medeiros, UFC 236 would have ended differently if Holloway had 13 weeks to prepare for Poirier.
“For Max, it was like a six-week camp, and I think he did great off a six-week camp,” Medeiros told MMA Junkie in a recent interview at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas.