Max
Holloway is making no excuses for his BMF title loss against
Charles
Oliveira.
Holloway put his BMF title on the line against Oliveira in the main
event at
UFC 326 last weekend. Oliveira took Holloway down early and
dominated him on the ground throughout the fight. “Do Bronx”
controlled Holloway for over 20 minutes, while threatening
submissions, to earn a unanimous decision win. To his credit,
Holloway displayed impressive submission defense in going the
distance despite a specialist like Oliveira being all over
him.
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Holloway recently released a statement addressing his loss against
Oliveira. Holloway apologized to his supporters while lauding
Oliveira on the win. “Blessed” isn’t making any excuses for the
loss and vows that he is “far from done.”
‘Far From Done’
“The highest of highs and the lowest of lows,” Holloway wrote on
Instagram. “Saturday night was not my night. Sorry to all my
family, friends and fans that I have let down. Shout out to Olivera
for doing his thing. All class so nothing but love to him. No
excuses from this side and there never will be. I’ve been here
before I know the work I need to do to get back to where I wanna
be. We are far from done. See you guys at the top.”
Holloway (27-9) was coming off a win over Dustin
Poirier and is now 2-2 in his last four. Meanwhile, Oliveira
(37-11) was coming off a win over Mateusz
Gamrot and is now on a two-fight winning streak.