Max Holloway ’s UFC on ABC 1 main event against Calvin Kattar could be considered the equivalent of what’s called a “trap game” in team sports — when a championship-level squad gets caught looking ahead to bigger things just down the road, only to get upset by a hungry underdog along the way. Holloway (21-6 MMA, 17-6 UFC) has been participating in championship-level fights for years. Kattar (22-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC), for his part, is a newcomer to the highest level and Holloway, a former UFC featherweight champion, represents the Bostonian’s biggest test to date. But Holloway understands this dynamic having once been the guy on his way up. When the duo square off in the main event of the Jan.
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Max Holloway explains why he can’t look past Calvin Kattar at UFC on ABC 1 – MMA Junkie