JAKARTA - Max Holloway still believes that his meeting with Khabib Nurmagomedov in the Octagon will take place.
Holloway is scheduled to defend his title at the UFC featherweight championship on Saturday, December 14 evening against Alex Volkanovski. Meanwhile, Nurmagomedov will bet his lightweight gold belt against Tony Ferguson on April 18.
Holloway and Nurmagomedov were scheduled to fight in April last year, but the fighter nicknamed "Blessed" was declared not medically ready. Though Holloway is also a substitute fighter after his real opponent, Tony Ferguson, suffered a knee injury.
Holloway has another chance to meet "The Eagle" if he defeats Dustin Poirier for the UFC lightweight interim title in April 2019. However, he was defeated by unanimous decision.
Talk to Yahoo! Sport, Holloway expressed his belief that his meeting with Nurmagomedov was not impossible.
“Khabib is on a journey to become one of the greatest. I plan to be one of the best ever to do it. I am sure we will meet. "
Holloway
"As long as my goals and objectives are the same, we will meet each other someday, and it will be the greatest battle of all time," he said.
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