While the weight class is different, the mission for the now 34-year-old veteran remains the same as ever.
“I’m chasing moments, I’m chasing records,” Holloway said. “A lot of people keep telling me I’ve got a lot of them, but I want to make it more unreachable, so the next generation come in, and they see those goals and they try to break it. It’s all about pushing the next generation. At the end of the day, I’m trying to push’em, I’m trying to make moments.
“We’re here where I did the spectacular 300 — if we can beat that moment against Conor McGregor, all eyes on the sport, I think that would be huge.”
In addition to having the opportunity to garner a measure of revenge against McGregor and potentially author another memorable moment at T-Mobile Arena, this weekend’s headlining assignment also has the potential to rapidly return Holloway to the title conversation, perhaps even in two different weight classes, which further underscores his earlier thoughts about the ups, downs, and unpredictable nature of what comes next in this sport.
“Everybody is saying if Conor wins, he gets a title shot at Gaethje or a title shot at Islam,” Holloway said, taking an extended beat to look around the room with an exaggerated, confused look on his face, which drew a ton of laughs. “It takes two to tango, brother, so if I win, I guess I get them too! Life looks good.
“All you gotta do is win in this sport and win excitingly,” he continued. “I’m gonna go out there, we’re gonna put on a show. We’re in the entertainment business. We’re prizefighters. I’m gonna go out there, remind everybody who I am, and who knows? I have history with the 155-pound champ, and everybody keeps throwing around the 170-pound champ’s name for Conor, so if I just fit myself right in there, it’ll be nice.”
Where things go from here all hinges on how things play out on Saturday night, but if things go the way Holloway anticipates, folks will be talking about his performance and predictive abilities come Sunday morning, and he’ll head home flush with options, right back in the thick of things.
“Mystic Max is right, and we’re on to the next one,” he said with a smirk. “I get to put my name in the history books come July 11 and remind everybody.
“When it comes to me, they keep forgetting. One loss in this sport is so crazy to the world, so I just gotta go out there and remind the people.”
Don’t miss a moment of UFC 329: McGregor vs Holloway 2, live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 11, 2026. The early prelims begin at 5pm ET/2pm PT, followed by the prelims at 7pm ET/4pm PT and main card at 9pm ET/6pm PT. Stream the entire event live on Paramount+.
Source: www.ufc.com
