Tonight’s UFC 257 event was headlined by a key lightweight bout between former division champions Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.
The highly anticipated lightweight headliner served as a rematch, as Poirier and McGregor had previously squared off in a featherweight bout in 2014. That September night in Las Vegas, ‘Notorious’ emerged victorious by way of first round TKO.
Conor McGregor (22-4 MMA) was stepping foot in the Octagon for the first time in twelve months at UFC 257. The Irishman had most previously competed at UFC 246 in January of 2020, where he needed just 46-seconds to dismantle Donald Cerrone. Prior to that win, McGregor was coming off a fourth round submission loss to bitter rival and current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
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Max Holloway has just proved that at 29 years of age, he’s not even close to his prime. Coming off two losses against current UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski, the second which went to split decision, many feared that Holloway’s damage sustained was catching up to him. This night proved all doubters wrong.
A fire was lit when Kattar mentioned that Holloway’s boxing ability was nowhere close to his, this led to Holloway starting the match with a series of relentless 3-4 piece combinations. As the fight went on, Holloway continued to smother Kattar with lightning-quick jabs along with spinning back kicks, and high knees and elbows when in the clinch. While Kattar did have some powerful counters of his own, it wasn’t enough to outpace Max’s UFC record-breaking 445 significant strikes.