How does max Holloway fare against the following FWs and BWs?

[emax]

If Max Holloway were to go up against the following FW and BW fighters as of now, how do you think he does?

FW:

Frankie Edgar

Chad Mendes

Yair Rodriguez

BW after cutting to 135:

TJ Dillashaw

Dominick Cruz

Cody Garbrandt

 

[Guile]

Max cut to 135? hell no

 

[emax]

Max cut to 135? hell no

Then in that case, how does he fare against Dillashaw, Cruz or Garbrandt if it was a FW or catchweight fight?

 

[xMaxPower]

Then in that case, how does he fare against Dillashaw, Cruz or Garbrandt if it was a FW or catchweight fight?

he'd beat them all easily.

Max is a better version of cruz and TJ in the standup, and they're too small to take Max down and keep him there.

 

[quantiqus]

Hard to say...

Toughest fight would be TJ imo, and I believe Max would lose.
Then Cody, 50-50.
I believe he beats the others, but not sure about Chad.

 

[ApplesVild]

Beats everyone at 145 and below and a good few lightbweights too

 

[emax]

he'd beat them all easily.

Max is a better version of cruz and TJ in the standup, and they're too small to take Max down and keep him there.

First one so far who feels this way about Max. DO you also feel that he's getting to the point where he'd give McGregor exponentially more trouble than he did 5 years ago, even if he wouldn't necessarily win that rematch?

 

[Codpiece]

Beats everyone at 145 and below and a good few lightbweights too

Based on improvement he has made I'd be inclined to agree. I don't think he beats the elite LWs, and Chad (with skin cream) and Edgar are fascinating fights.

 

[Codpiece]

First one so far who feels this way about Max. DO you also feel that he's getting to the point where he'd give McGregor exponentially more trouble than he did 5 years ago, even if he wouldn't necessarily win that rematch?

Give him more trouble, yes. Win, no.

Max is excellent at fighting tall and managing range. Conor is at least as good and has a reach advantage. If Conor returned in the same sort of shape he was against Aldo and Eddie he would beat Max again, likely by stoppage.

 

[Sapp]

Beats all the 145ers and dies trying to make 135. If he by some miracle makes 135 and is in any state to fight he smashes them too.

 

[Kvolcom]

I think Zabit fucks him up

By next year 145 and 155 Russian Champs

 

[Marty777]

If Max Holloway were to go up against the following FW and BW fighters as of now, how do you think he does?

FW:

Frankie Edgar

Chad Mendes

Yair Rodriguez

BW after cutting to 135:

TJ Dillashaw

Dominick Cruz

Cody Garbrandt

Though Yair took a beating from Frankie i think it was just a learning experince and when

If Max Holloway were to go up against the following FW and BW fighters as of now, how do you think he does?

FW:

Frankie Edgar

Chad Mendes

Yair Rodriguez

BW after cutting to 135:

TJ Dillashaw

Dominick Cruz

Cody Garbrandt

Though Yair took a beating from Frankie i think it was just a learning experience and when he comes back we will see the difference in his game, with that said I think he may be a tough fight for Max in the future.

 

[emax]

Give him more trouble, yes. Win, no.

Max is excellent at fighting tall and managing range. Conor is at least as good and has a reach advantage. If Conor returned in the same sort of shape he was against Aldo and Eddie he would beat Max again, likely by stoppage.

The reach advantage, at least for now, would be a major issue. I would concur that right now McGregor hasn't been figured out in terms of how to fight him when you have a reach disadvantage. That said, I do think that MMA, especially in the lighter weight classes, is in a state where everyone with any style can and will get figured out eventually. At least, it will if they get to thinking there's no need for them to continually adapt and understand that in the fight game they are always students in some capacity. And someone particularly hellbent on mastering MMA to its fullest can certainly be the one to do it down the road if they haven't right now.

I think Zabit fucks him up

By next year 145 and 155 Russian Champs

Probably too early to say this about Zabit; we should at least wait and see how he does against a guy who merits having a Wiki page. That said, if MMA got to be anywhere near as big in the Caucasus region and Siberia as it is in America I think without a shadow of a doubt we'd have an eventual Russian champ and several Russian contenders. Could've easily been Khabib if he hadn't lost his sense of discipline and professionalism along the way. The newer waves of Russian fighters could certainly be much more dangerous than the first wave.

 

[johncola]

If Max Holloway were to go up against the following FW and BW fighters as of now, how do you think he does?

FW:

Frankie Edgar

Chad Mendes

Yair Rodriguez

BW after cutting to 135:

TJ Dillashaw

Dominick Cruz

Cody Garbrandt

win, win, win, win (FW), win (FW), win (FW).

Max isn't cutting to 135 you maniac.

The real question is "how does he do against Zabit Magomedsharipov?"

That's the fight. I hope we get to see that before Max moves up to 155.

 

[cyrusthevyrus]

Then in that case, how does he fare against Dillashaw, Cruz or Garbrandt if it was a FW or catchweight fight?

OMG...Max at BW

 

[xMaxPower]

First one so far who feels this way about Max. DO you also feel that he's getting to the point where he'd give McGregor exponentially more trouble than he did 5 years ago, even if he wouldn't necessarily win that rematch?

Let me clarify my first statement.
Frankie would actually give max some trouble. But I still think Max would beat him. The rest would get beat easily (at FW... he cant make BW). Mendes doesn't have the cardio for a 5 round fight.

Conor and Max have both got a lot better since they both fought. But with Max having the knowledge of Conor's shitty cardio now, and if it were to be a 5 round fight... Max would probably win. 3 round fight I give it to Conor. 5 round fight I think Max finishes it late.

 

[I am only 19]

Hard to say...

Toughest fight would be TJ imo, and I believe Max would lose.
Then Cody, 50-50.
I believe he beats the others, but not sure about Chad.

Max will lose to TJ? 50/50 with Cody? Lol

 

[trident]

Only competitve fight is Frankie, and as a Frankie fan, I give the edge to Max.

I dont know what its going to take for people to get how good this guy is