Filed under: Featured , News , UFC It was a good year to be a maker of weirdly futuristic metallic ties . That’s because 2017 saw the rise of Max Holloway , a hard-nosed Hawaiian with an unconventional sense of style and a swagger that he started to truly own at right around the same time that he also became the sole owner of the UFC featherweight title. It might seem strange for a guy who only beat one opponent to be named MMAjunkie’s “2017 Fighter of the Year.” After ending 2016 with a TKO win over Anthony Pettis to claim the UFC interim featherweight title, Holloway fought twice in the last calendar year, both times against 145-pound legend Jose Aldo