ABU DHABI – Sometimes throughout UFC struggle week press conferences, opponents wish to shout and speak over one another. Such was the case Thursday through the UFC 308 pre-fight press convention, however Max Holloway didn’t enable featherweight champion Ilia Topuria’s actions to go unchecked.
A sizzling matter heading into their title struggle is whether or not or not one in every of them will level to the middle of the cage to ask an change of haymakers. When a reporter requested Holloway about this, Topuria interrupted immediately and began speaking trash.
That prompted a back-and-forth between Topuria and Holloway, who remained cool and picked up as he repeated “let me speak” whereas Topuria talked over him. When the reporter adopted up by asking Topuria a query, Holloway sat there in silence – till Topuria completed.
“See what I did there?” Holloway mentioned. “I allow you to reply like an grownup. That’s what you do in these items.”
You possibly can watch the change within the video above.
The time for speaking between Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) will come to an finish in simply two days once they headline UFC 308 (ESPN+ pay-per-view) on Saturday at Etihad Area.
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