LAS VEGAS – It will probably come as a surprise to many, but Max Holloway ’s toughest fight to date came well before he was a UFC champion. In 2014, two fights into what became a 13-fight winning streak, a young Holloway (21-4 MMA, 17-4 UFC) took on Team Alpha Male’s Andre Fili at UFC 172. It was a back-and-forth battle in which Holloway likely lost the first round and was taken down numerous times, but was able to turn things around in the second. Likely 1-1 headed into the third, Holloway showed his killer instinct by latching onto Fili’s neck to submit him with a guillotine choke. Related UFC 245 breakdown: Is Alexander Volkanovski the man to unseat Max Holloway as champ? Video: 'UFC 245 Countdown' for Max Holloway vs
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