Max Holloway injury removes him from UFC 272 set of three battle versus Alexander Volkanovski
Only two days after news broke of a set of three battle between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway to feature UFC 272, apparently session currently is waiting.
Previous featherweight champion Holloway (23-6 MMA, 19-6 UFC) has exasperated a past physical issue and is out of the arranged headliner against champ Volkanovski (23-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC). MMA Junkie affirmed the news with an individual with information on the injury following an underlying report from UFC broadcast accomplice ESPN.
The UFC has not yet made a declaration of Holloway's withdrawal, and it isn't known whether Volkanovski will stay on the card against another title challenger or essentially trust that Holloway will be sound.
UFC 272 is set for March 5 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The fundamental card airs on pay-per-view following prelims expected on ESPN and ESPN+. The co-headliner is a bantamweight title battle rematch between champ Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan, which until further notice has all the earmarks of being the most legitimate decision to be raised to main event status assuming that Volkanovski sits tight for Holloway.
Volkanovski holds two successes over Holloway. He took the featherweight title from him with a consistent choice at UFC 245 in December 2019. The pair battled in a rematch at UFC 251, which Volkanovski won by split choice.
From that point onward, Holloway went on a two-battle run in 2021 with choice successes over Calvin Kattar and Yair Rodriguez. In his success over Kattar, he crushed the UFC record for strikes landed. The two sessions were Fight of the Night victors.
Volkanovski is one of just four warriors in UFC history to open his residency with the advancement at 10-0. After his two successes over Holloway, he took a consistent choice from Brian Ortega this previous September in the UFC 266 Fight of the Night.
The UFC 272 arrangement currently incorporates:
Aljamain Sterling versus Petr Yan – for bantamweight title
Edson Barboza versus Bryce Mitchell
Jessica Eye versus Manon Fiorot
Mariya Agapova versus Maryna Moroz
Dustin Jacoby versus Michal Oleksiejczuk
Tim Elliott versus Tagir Ulanbekov
Marina Rodriguez versus Yan Xiaonan
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