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Max Holloway jokes about fighting Daniel Cormier: ‘I’ll make the walk and I’ll fight him’

Reigning UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway came up short in his lightweight debut against Dustin Poirier at UFC 236, but ‘Blessed’ is open to moving up in weight again in the future.

Holloway, 27, revealed that he is still interested in challenging Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title and, speaking at a media scrum on Thursday to promote his upcoming featherweight title defense against Frankie Edgar, the Hawaiian joked that he would be willing to move up several weight classes to test himself against reigning heavyweight champ, Daniel Cormier.

“After this fight, if they call me out for August to fight D.