Max Holloway warns B.J. Penn

[Wild]

UFC legend B.J. Penn announced that he would be coming out of retirement last month to capture the featherweight title. Penn, a UFC Hall of Famer and a two-division world champion -- lightweight and welterweight -- is one of Hawaii's most successful MMA fighters, but there's a new Hawaiian talent on the radar: Max Holloway.

The 24-year-old is riding an 8 fight win streak and is knocking on the door of title contention. Since losing to Conor McGregor in 2013, "Blessed" has sharpened and honed his craft and is now ranked as the #4 featherweight in the world.

Holloway has a tremendous amount of respect for B.J. Penn but warned him that there can only be one Hawaiian champion at 145 lbs.

"No one wanted to see him go out the way he did, so I'm glad he's back trying to get some redemption, but him saying he's coming to 145, I'm kind of scratching my head," Holloway told Mike Bohn of MMAjunkie. "He's coming to 145, and he's going to try to go for the belt? He knows there's another Hawaii kid right there for the belt. I don't know if he's saying he might come for the belt and thinking he might want to try to fight me? I have no idea. He knows I'm in the weight class, and he knows people are talking about my title shot."

"I'm glad he wants to fight because I didn't want to watch him go out the way he did in the last one," Holloway said. "But I always thought he was best at 155. If he trains hard and he's focused, he's an animal at 155. That run he had with the belt was something special."

LINK: Max Holloway warns B.J. Penn: There's another 'Hawaii kid' gunning for belt

 

[teamquestnorth]

I like Holloway but he needs to stay in his lane. BJ is coming through.

Penn was fighting for UFC titles when Holloway was in elementary school.

 

[member 3289]

Hawaiian-on-Hawaiian crime.

BJ needs to stick to mid-tier guys like Siver. Holloway would completely destroy him.

 

[Wild]

Hilarious how the first 2 replies can be so opposite lol

 

[Zeph]

I like Holloway but he needs to stay in his lane. BJ is coming through.

Penn was fighting for UFC titles when Holloway was in elementary school.

Holloway runs through Old Man Penn like Matt Serra through a bowl of pasta. Fast and ugly.

 

[teamquestnorth]

Holloway runs through Old Man Penn like Matt Serra through a bowl of pasta. Fast and ugly.

Negative. This fight would look like GSP-Hughes 1.

Holloway would be too tentavie seeing as he's fighting a legend and BJ would get a sub at the last second of round 1. Bank on it.

 

[member 3289]

Hilarious how the first 2 replies can be so opposite lol

@teamquestnorth and I are undoubtedly the 2 best posters on this forum.

But that doesn't mean we have to agree on everything

 

[jason73]

I doubt Holloway is a fight bj is looking for.its not like you actually have to fight contenders to get to the title these days.bj can fight Siver then someone on 2 weeks notice then instant title shot right?

 

[teamquestnorth]

I doubt Holloway is a fight bj is looking for.its not like you actually have to fight contenders to get to the title these days.bj can fight Siver then someone on 2 weeks notice then instant title shot right?

Hopefully

 

[member 3289]

I doubt Holloway is a fight bj is looking for.its not like you actually have to fight contenders to get to the title these days.bj can fight Siver then someone on 2 weeks notice then instant title shot right?

 

[member 3289]

I doubt Holloway is a fight bj is looking for.its not like you actually have to fight contenders to get to the title these days.bj can fight Siver then someone on 2 weeks notice then instant title shot right?

Conor had two weeks to prepare for Mendes as well.

Aldo was given two full training camps and still got starched by Conor.

Will you stop being such a hater when Conor KO's RDA?

 

[jason73]

P

Conor had two weeks to prepare for Mendes as well.

Aldo was given two full training camps and still got starched by Conor.

Will you stop being such a hater when Conor KO's RDA?

Probably not

 

[jason73]

Conor was already in a camp while mendes rolled off the couch did a week of training camp and went to Vegas for a week of media obligations

 

[member 3289]

Conor was already in a camp while mendes rolled off the couch did a week of training camp and went to Vegas for a week of media obligations

Mendes wasn't in a fight camp but he certainly wasn't lying on his couch either.

What about Aldo? What's your excuse for that?

 

[jason73]

Aldo got punched out.so did Cain Velasquez on that first fox show.how did those rematchs go again?

 

[1031]

I'd like to reserve judgement until we see how BJ moves

 

[member 3289]

I'd like to reserve judgement until we see how BJ moves

Hopefully not like this:

 

[ECC170]

winner haa to give up

for life

 

[member 3289]

Aldo got punched out.so did Cain Velasquez on that first fox show.how did those rematchs go again?

 

[Ghost Bro]

 

[Ghost Bro]

Hopefully not like this:

This still baffles me.

 

[member 3289]

This still baffles me.

It's the complete opposite of motivated Penn movement

 

[sparkuri]

I wish Penn stayed retired.
It's one of the few times I wished a fighter would.
I couldn't stomach Mcdonald, Diaz, or Edgar.
What am I set to see when he's even older?

 

[KimbosLice]

You never go full retired!

 

[tang]

Aldo got punched out.so did Cain Velasquez on that first fox show.how did those rematchs go again?

I do agree wit the cain example but idk bout Jose. I think Conor took his soul. But RDA is a different story. I think RDA can beat Conor the same fashion as Cain/JDS2!