“To overlook me would be a mistake” Calvin Kattar issues a warning to Max Holloway
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The number 6th Featherweight fighter Calvin Kattar will be heading to one of the biggest fights of his carrier against the former UFC Featherweight champion Max Holloway. When Kattar received the fight agreement first he thought it is going to be in UFC Apex.
In his latest interview with What the Heck, Kattar says “I still can’t seem to land a Vegas card, even when it’s 50-50 between Fight Island and the APEX – I can’t even get a Vegas card then, then you have Rob Font and it’s like his seventh time fighting in Vegas.
“The kid’s spoiled, but it’s the difference between fighting at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.” Holloway is coming out of two losses against Volkanovski and Kattar thinks this fight is going to be another test for him.
He added, “It’s a good opportunity to show that I’m that guy, There’s these guys out there touting Max like he’s still the champ, and I think he may even be still focused on the champ. But to overlook me would be a mistake.”
“Any time you fight a guy like Max Holloway with the accolades he has, it is a championship-caliber fight, He might not have the belt right now, but it’s that type of fight, 100 percent. It’s a five-round main event fight and the only thing missing is the belt.”
“It’s all about Max Holloway and I don’t plan on leaving it close.”
Kattar believes with a win over Holloway he’ll get the title shot
Holloway’s UFC carrier started with 3-3 after that he won straight 13 fights overall, ‘The Boston Finisher’ is a similar fighter like Holloway but his team believes his power will be the advantage against him.
Kattar says, “It’s different when you fight a guy that has similar reach and, not only the reach, but can fight that style of fighting long, I think both of us present problems that neither one of us have faced before, and we’ll find out what’s up come Jan. 16.”
“It’s coming close, and all it is here is finishing camp strong – dotting the i’s, crossing the t’s – and I’ve been ready to go all-year long. Jan. 16 can’t come soon enough. I think anybody that wants to fight for the belt should have to go through Max.”
“To bypass Max on the way to the belt doesn’t make sense to me. If you want to be the champion, you have to take out Max Holloway on the way and I’ve got the opportunity in front of me. After Max, the belt would be the goal.”
“Whoever wanted that opportunity had it when they could’ve fought Max but I don’t see too many people chomping at the bit to fight him besides myself. I just gotta go out there and be Calvin Kattar better than he can be Max Holloway”
“That will be enough; just go out there, do what I do, perform how I can. If I can do that, the rest will take care of itself.”
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