Conor McGregor came to the defense of his former foe, Max Holloway, ahead of UFC 308.

There’s no doubt that McGregor is outspoken and always says what’s on his mind. With the buzz around UFC 308, ‘Notorious’ made it clear that he is backing the Hawaiian fighter. He expressed that Holloway has earned everything he’s achieved, is currently the BMF title holder, and dismissed Topuria, calling Holloway the real deal.

Topuria won the featherweight title by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. Holloway never has been knocked out in his career, but Sonnen says that’s the only way he envisions Topuria getting his hand raised.

Ilia Topuria has a massive fight ahead of him, but he still has time for a couple of side feuds. Ahead of his first featherweight title defense against Max Holloway at UFC 308 on Oct. 26, Topuria has found himself embroiled in verbal beefs with welterweight champion Belal Muhammad and now,

🤯Ilia Topuria says he wants to break the record for the fastest KO in UFC history against Max Holloway: "I wanna have the fastest knockout in UFC history with my hands because Jorge (Masvidal) has it with a knee, I wanna do it with the hands...

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