Max Holloway Reveals His Dream Opponents After UFC 329

A win over Conor McGregor could open the door to blockbuster title fights against Justin Gaethje or Islam Makhachev.

Max Holloway is planning for a big and successful future, provided he wins his upcoming fight against Conor McGregor. The former featherweight champion wants to become a world champion in two weight classes before his career ends, and to that end, he plans to fight two major bouts.

His options include lightweight champion Justin Gaethje and welterweight titleholder Islam Makhachev.

Since he has spent most of his career in the lightweight division, he is tempted by the idea of fighting Justin Gaethje again. On the other hand, he would also like to fight Islam Makhachev, as he has great respect for him.

“I would love to. I would love, and both of the fights [Makhachev and Gaethje] is fun, you know, but why not go back down to 155 and then do something amazing and ask to maybe come back up. We’ll see what happens, you know. I would love to fight both of them…That’s a tough one, man. I don’t know. I don’t know what I would choose. I we got to wait, you know. First things first is Conor McGregor. But you put me in a tough situation, bro, cuz both fighting being able to uh have an Islam fight, bro. And the way Islam’s career went, that’d be pretty sick, you know, to share the octagon with that guy.”

he said.

Justin Gaethje, who, according to his own statements, was only able to put his painful loss to Max Holloway behind him after defeating Ilia Topuria, would become a serious contender for the lightweight title if Max Holloway were to win.

However, Max Holloway is now focusing entirely on his fight with Conor McGregor, despite his big plans.

“At the end of the day, we’d have to wait till after the fight, man. You got to ask me that question. You know, if everything goes good come July 11, you can ask me a question. Maybe I have an answer.”

he said in conclusion.

I also think that Max Holloway should focus on his fight with Conor McGregor first, before he gets too caught up in the future. Still, some very interesting developments are taking shape here, and I'm curious to see what happens after the fight.