Joe Rogan recently invited Max Holloway, a professional martial artist, to his podcast, 'Joe Rogan Experience'. The host was left speechless when Holloway revealed his UFC video game-inspired striking techniques and who he would love to fight with.
Holloway aka 'Blessed' is largely considered as one of the UFC's top strikers. However, it took him some time to reach that level. Holloway revealed on the podcast that he didn't have a striking coach for his first seven fights in the UFC.
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'I would love to fight Conor'
Holloway fought Conor McGregor in 2013. While McGregor won the fight, Blessed was the only featherweight competitor to take 'The Notorious' to a decision. Following his victory against Arnold Allen, the former UFC featherweight champion stated that he wanted to face McGregor again.
"I would love to fight Conor," he remarked during an appearance on The MMA Hour. "I was the only guy that took Conor to a decision at '45 [145lbs] ... He's big right now, I mean, we'll see what happens... I know he wants to come back," he added.
Max Holloway went on to say, "There's a lot of questions, there's a lot of unknowns because we're just two different fighters than we was back then. I think it would be a fan-favorite, I think a lot of fans would love that fight, a lot of fans have been asking for that fight... At the end of the day, it's not even a weight thing, I'd fight him open weight," according to Sportskeeda report.
'I would play the video game '
When Rogan asked him how he trained for his battles, Holloway reportedly disclosed that he was inspired by moves in the UFC video game and then tried to incorporate them in real life. Holloway stated, "You really wanna know what I did? You know the UFC game? I would use Renan Barao and Jose Aldo and I would do stuff with them and I'll be like. 'Oh yeah, this works in the game.'"
He further said, "So yeah. I would play the video game and be like 'Oh look at this.' I would trade combinations and I'll be like, 'Oh yeah, this kinda works let's try it."
