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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Sport
Brian Yalung

'No. 1 Pound-for-Pound Featherweight?' Conor McGregor Challenges Max Holloway's Legacy Ahead of Las Vegas Clash

Conor McGregor and Max Holloway are set to renew their rivalry at UFC 329 in Las Vegas. (Credit: Max Holloway [Chamatkar Sandhu | Wikimedia Commons; Conor McGregor [Andrius Petrucenia | Wikimedia Common])

Conor McGregor and Max Holloway will renew their rivalry in a UFC clash on 11 July in Las Vegas, reigniting one of the sport's most closely followed match-ups 13 years after their first meeting.

The bout has quickly become defined less by its timing and more by a single, divisive question: whether Holloway truly deserves his status among the sport's elite as a pound-for-pound featherweight, or whether McGregor is right to challenge that reputation on the basis of his overall legacy and standing in the division.

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