Max Holloway reveals singlet fear kept him from high school wrestling
Max Holloway passed on wrestling in high school because he did not want to wear a singlet.
The former featherweight champion told UFC reporter Megan Olivi that friends tried recruiting him for the mat sport as a teenager, but the uniform was a dealbreaker. "I wasn't about to be caught dead in a singlet. Are you crazy?" Holloway said, per Sherdog. "But now look at me. I'm 30-something years old; I use tights to fight. Like, what the hell? I should have just put on that damn singlet to learn wrestling."
Ground game exposed against Oliveira
The gap in his wrestling background showed in his most recent outing. Charles Oliveira dominated Holloway on the mat for nearly five full rounds at UFC 326 in March, taking the BMF title by lopsided decision. It marked the first time an opponent thoroughly controlled the Hawaiian on the ground across his 36-fight UFC tenure.
Holloway is 27-9 overall and holds the featherweight division record for most significant strikes landed. His next bout has not been announced.
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