Filed under: News , UFC RIO DE JANEIRO – Max Holloway has accepted that he’s going to be the bad guy leading up to and on the night of his title unification bout with Jose Aldo – at least in Brazil. Holloway (17-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) isn’t trying to push that fact out of his head, though, he said. The interim UFC featherweight champion relishes the opportunity to clash with the champ Aldo (26-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in the UFC 212 headliner on June 3, which takes place at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, with the main card on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. Brazilian fight fans are as passionate as any other group on the planet, and the support will surely be overbearing for one of the greatest fighters to ever come from the country in Aldo. “Blessed” said he’s going to disappoint everyone, though, and doesn’t care if anyone is upset with that. “I can’t wait to get in front of (the Brazilian) people,” Holloway said at today’s UFC 212 news conference in Rio de Janeiro.
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