{"id":916302,"date":"2026-06-29T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/max-holloway-addresses-concerns-about-his-welterweight-move-to-fight-conor-mcgregor\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:16:18","slug":"max-holloway-addresses-concerns-about-his-welterweight-move-to-fight-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/max-holloway-addresses-concerns-about-his-welterweight-move-to-fight-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway addresses concerns about his welterweight move to fight Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article id=\"post-314019\">\n<p><strong>Max Holloway is not concerned about a size discrepancy on July 11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/category\/ufc-news\/\">UFC<\/a> featherweight and BMF champion has been chosen as the opponent who will welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> back to action this summer.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>A few months after <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/03\/08\/max-holloway-vs-charles-oliveira-2-ufc-326-result-nate-diaz-enraged-as-bmf-title-changes-hands-in-boring-clash\/\">Holloway\u2019s loss to Charles Oliveira at lightweight<\/a>, \u2018Blessed\u2019 will move up to welterweight, where he will meet McGregor in a rematch that marks the Hawaiian\u2019s divisional debut.<\/p>\n<p>The Irishman has history at that weight, having defeated both Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrone there. While that has left some calling the stipulation an advantage for McGregor, Holloway is not worried.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><use href=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/#list-arrow-svg\" \/><\/svg><strong>LATEST NEWS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/06\/05\/14-2-ufc-fighter-announced-as-first-signing-for-gilbert-burns-new-management-agency\/\">14-2 UFC fighter announced as first signing for Gilbert Burns\u2019 new management agency<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-trigger=\"vue-sidebar\" data-story-id=\"d176f163-d4c5-43d8-9d66-538ef9fcef9e\" data-story-name=\"UFC 329\" data-comment-id=\"6b65194a-ba6c-461c-b2cf-ef4e7bacb7e9\" data-story-slug=\"ufc-329\">\n<header>  <\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>How high would Conor McGregor beating Max Holloway at UFC 329 rank among the best returns?<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/05\/BE-BOXING-RECORD-1-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Conor McGregor celebrates after beating Max Holloway in 2013\" ><\/p><figcaption title=\"Conor McGregor celebrates after beating Max Holloway in 2013. Credit: Jared Wickerham\/Getty Images\">Conor McGregor celebrates after beating Max Holloway in 2013. Credit: Jared Wickerham\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Max Holloway says \u2018weight is just a number\u2019 ahead of UFC 329<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s been just two fights since <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2024\/10\/26\/ilia-topuria-vs-max-holloway-result-stunning-finish-in-abu-dhabi-as-ufc-308-main-event-ends-in-vicious-history-making-ko\/\">Holloway challenged Ilia Topuria at UFC 308<\/a> for the featherweight title. McGregor, meanwhile, has not competed at 145 pounds since knocking out Jose Aldo 11 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>And \u2018The Notorious\u2019 looks to have bulked up during his five-year layoff, which started after <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2021\/07\/13\/ufc-264-khabib-nurmagomedov-conor-mcgregor-god-humbled-leg-break-dustin-poirier-mma-news\/\">McGregor broke his leg against Dustin Poirier<\/a> in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of fellow UFC 329 star Robert Whittaker think that McGregor\u2019s potential advantage lies in his welterweight experience.<\/p>\n<p>But during a recent video uploaded to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rB6m_S_ZV0g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> channel, Holloway said he had no hesitation accepting the fight at a weight he has yet to venture to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thoughts on the fight being at 170 (pounds) was like, who cares?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/max-holloway\/\">Holloway<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeight is just a number. Real gladiators back in the day, they didn\u2019t walk around with a scale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou show up and you fight, and I\u2019m a fighter,\u201d he continued. \u201cOpen weight class, whatever weight class \u2014 I\u2019m glad I get to share the Octagon with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><use href=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/#list-arrow-svg\" \/><\/svg><strong>LATEST NEWS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/06\/05\/tom-aspinalls-theatrics-slammed-by-josh-hokit-as-he-says-gane-vs-pereira-should-be-for-the-title\/\">Tom Aspinall\u2019s \u2018theatrics\u2019 slammed by Josh Hokit as he says Gane vs Pereira should be for the title<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-176652541-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"Conor McGregor and Max Holloway face off in 2013\" ><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption title=\"BOSTON, MA - AUGUST 16:  (L-R) Opponents Conor McGregor and Max Holloway face off during the UFC weigh-in inside TD Garden on August 16, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Josh Hedges\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)\">Photo by Josh Hedges\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Regardless of weight, Holloway will still be the favorite heading into International Fight Week in Las Vegas, largely down to his rival\u2019s inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/07\/07\/eddie-alvarez-reveals-one-of-his-biggest-regrets-from-conor-mcgregor-title-fight-at-ufc-205\/\">McGregor dominated Eddie Alvarez in 2016<\/a> to become the first simultaneous two-division UFC champion, he has fought just four times inside the Octagon and had his hand raised once.<\/p>\n<div data-src=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/none\" data-type=\"subscribe\">\n<figure>\n<div><svg width=\"118\" height=\"36\" viewBox=\"0 0 118 36\"><use href=\"http:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/#dots-svg\" \/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Join Our Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Bloody Elbow content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p> Harvey Leonard<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/06\/06\/max-holloway-addresses-concerns-about-his-welterweight-move-to-fight-conor-mcgregor\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Holloway is not concerned about a size discrepancy on July 11. The former UFC featherweight and BMF champion has been chosen as the opponent who will welcome Conor McGregor back to action this summer. A few months after Holloway\u2019s loss to Charles Oliveira at lightweight, \u2018Blessed\u2019 will move up to welterweight, where he will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":916303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[513,39898],"tags":[9528,133946],"class_list":["post-916302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-addresses","category-holloway","tag-addresses","tag-holloway"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}