Dana White feels that Max Holloway should be the UFC Featherweight Champion.
At UFC 251, Holloway and Volkanovski had an extremely close encounter that ultimately saw the UFC Featherweight Champion win via split decision. Many feel that the 28-year-old was robbed of a victory, including Dana White, who expressed his unhappiness with the decision for the bout:
“Listen, man, you can’t leave it to these guys,” he told reporters, including MMA Junkie, backstage at Flash Forum. “We’ve got some bad judging.”
Despite Volkanovski beating Holloway twice, White appears open to giving Holloway a crack at the title once again as the UFC President truly feels that Max was screwed over:
“I dunno. Did anybody in here score it for Volkanovski?” he asked, to no response. “Nobody in the media? I don’t know. We’ll have to figure it out.”
However, Volkanovski sounds ready to move onto a new challenger as the 145-pound Champion stated in his press conference interview that he was happy to close the chapter against Max Holloway:
“It was a tough one,” Volkanovski told reporters, including MMA Junkie, post-fight at UFC 251. “We expected him to make adjustments, he made good adjustments in the first two rounds. Then he did what we actually expected him too with the attacks. But his first two rounds were strong then we had to pick it up.
Through the third round we picked it up. That third round was close, but we were confident we got that third round then obviously we took the fourth and fifth. Tight fight, but when the judges announced the score we thought we got the last three. Happy with the win. To win a rematch like that back to back, it says something. I’m happy to finish the chapter. On to the next.”