Could you imagine Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov as FRIENDS?!?!
Max Holloway can ... telling TMZ Sports the UFC's most bitter rivals need to end their war and team up for good.
First off, Max is FIRED UP to fight Dustin Poirier at UFC 236 this Saturday on ESPN+ PPV -- he's seeking to avenge a 2012 loss to Dustin when Max was making his UFC debut.
And while Max was freezing his butt off promoting the fight, he had the perfect solution to fix one of the most bitter rivalries in the history of combat sports.