On Saturday evening, the UFC yields to Atlanta, Georgia for the first time in three years with UFC 226, and that time, it’s bringing two title fights with it.
At the main event, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is moving around 155 pounds to struggle for an interim lightweight title against surging contender Dustin Poirier, a guy who beat him once before at featherweight.
In the co-main occasion, one of the UFC’s fastest rising stars, Israel Adesanya, gets his first shot in UFC gold when he chooses The Ultimate Fighter 17 winner, Kelvin Gastelum. It’s two fight-of-the-year contenders in the ATL with two quite live underdogs for UFC gaming lovers to think about, so let’s get to it.
Max Holloway vs. Dustin Tips UFC & Poirier Odds 236
What’s there to say? At just 27 years old, Holloway is already making his case for the title of greatest featherweight of all time with just two dominant wins on Jose Aldo at 2017.
Now, Holloway has his sights set on the name of greatest pound-for-pound fighter and is moving around 155 pounds to become only the fourth dual winner in UFC history.
Holloway’s game is all about pace and pressure. He places one of the greatest paces in the featherweight division, throwing about 15 strikes every second and burying competitions under his relentless volume.
Even when a fighter can get the better of him early on, as Aldo did in both of the fights, few can remain blow for blow with Holloway as the fight drags into the third, fourth and fourth rounds.
In most respects, Poirier is similar. “The Diamond” also works at a high rate, with mix striking. Where the two differ though is that while Max has electricity and can damage opponents, his endings usually come as a result of injury.
Poirier, in contrast, is among the only hardest blow-for-blow punchers in the lightweight division. He does not need to land many strikes to harm an opponent as his litany of UFC wins shows. Poirier is a grappler than Holloway.
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