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Mike Bohn and Ken Hathaway

Max Holloway says UFC 276 trilogy winner not featherweight GOAT: ‘Do we forget the man Jose Aldo?’

LAS VEGAS – Max Holloway won’t allow anyone to label the winner of Saturday’s UFC 276 co-main event as the greatest featherweight of all time.

Going into the anticipated trilogy bout with Holloway (23-6 MMA, 19-6 UFC) and Alexander Volkanovski (24-1 MMA, 11-0 UFC), which goes down at T-Mobile Arena and airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC/ESPN and ESPN+, there are many people discussing that whoever emerges victorious from the contest will be regarded as the GOAT of the division.

Holloway is slamming the brakes on that conversation. He only has five UFC title wins to his name, and Volkanovski just four. In his mind, that doesn’t meet the level of Aldo’s (31-7 MMA, 13-6 UFC) body of work when he was champion for nearly five years.

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