Max Holloway thinks the UFC purposely avoided matching him up with Ilia Topuria until now. Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) challenges featherweight champion Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in the UFC 308 main event Oct. 26 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Topuria defeated Bryce Mitchell and Josh Emmett to earn his title shot against then-champion Alexander Volkanovski, whom he knocked out to claim the belt at UFC 298 .
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Max Holloway says UFC was ‘shelling’ Ilia Topuria away from him – MMA Junkie