Max Holloway Salutes Dustin Poirier
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Irish Mirror on MSNConor McGregor shows true colours with one final swipe at former UFC foeMcGregor first coined the phrase "Pea head" ahead of his initial bout with Poirier in 2014. McGregor won that contest but was then defeated twice by Poirier in 2021. The second of those fights saw McGregor break his leg. Despite many false declarations, McGregor has yet to return to action.
Conor McGregor ‘startled’ Max Holloway after suffering horror injury in their early career UFC fight
McGregor turned awkwardly and tore his ACL, which Holloway recalls led him to make a blood curdling scream that made him temporarily check out from the fight. “The scream was like a painful scream,” he told CBS Sports.
Sean O'Malley sees various options for BMF champion Max Holloway's next fight. Holloway (27-8 MMA, 23- 8 UFC) became the first fighter to retain the BMF belt when he outlasted the retiring Dustin Poirier in Saturday's UFC 318 headliner at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.