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Volkanovski: Third Max Holloway bout is ‘silly,’ I’ll defend belt against ‘guys that deserve it’

Dana White was one of those who believed that the rematch between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway was marred by “bad judging.” The UFC president is even open to make a third fight happen, based on that controversial outcome.

The champion, however, isn’t willing to go down that road just yet.

“At this point, right now, it doesn’t make sense,” Volkanovski recently told ESPN (transcript by MMA Fighting). “To win back to back, I did say (that I wanted to beat him decisively), obviously leading up to the fight, trying to hype the fight up, but we all know Max is durable.