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Fight Island Championship Analysis: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway

Fight Island will host the featherweight championship fight between Alexander Volkanovski (21-1) and Max Holloway (21-5). Six months is little time for the former champ Holloway to make the adjustments needed. It’s surprising to think that people were looking past Volkanovski as a challenger to Holloway’s throne. The good analysts at MMASucka were not.

Holloway vs. Volkanovski

Max Holloway is a fighter who uses movement and volume to tire his opponents. Holloway needs to control the momentum of a fight and keep his opponents working. Volkanovski was able to neutralize this mainly by interrupting Holloway’s movement and forcing him back.