{"id":362890,"date":"2026-07-08T09:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=362890"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:26:22","slug":"max-holloway-seeking-to-buck-surprising-2026-trend-that-hes-been-victim-of-with-win-at-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/max-holloway-seeking-to-buck-surprising-2026-trend-that-hes-been-victim-of-with-win-at-ufc-329\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway seeking to buck surprising 2026 trend that he’s been victim of with win at UFC 329"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2026 has began as an especially unfavorable 12 months for the younger fighter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This coming Saturday, Max Holloway welcomes Conor McGregor back to the Octagon for a rematch 13 years within the making at UFC 329.<\/p>\n

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\u2018The Notorious\u2019 Irishman hasn\u2019t fought since 2021 when he broke his leg against Dustin Poirier, while Holloway has fought eight times since, five fights of which were for a title.<\/p>\n

The Hawaiian, though, shall be hoping to place an end to a surprising trend that has dominated 2026 to this point, that he has also been a victim of.<\/p>\n

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Can Conor McGregor \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea overcome a five-year layoff to beat Max Holloway again?<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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The older fighter has won the important event of each numbered UFC event in 2026<\/h2>\n

For the reason that starting of the 12 months and the beginning of the UFC\u2019s recent broadcast cope with Paramount, there was a brand new trend amongst the six numbered event important events to this point.<\/p>\n

To this point this 12 months, the older fighter in every numbered important event has come out victorious.<\/p>\n

In the primary numbered event of the 12 months, 37-year-old Justin Gaethje handed 31-year-old Paddy Pimblett his profession first UFC loss.<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks later, 37-year-old Alexander Volkanovski reclaimed the UFC featherweight title in a rematch against 31-year-old Diego Lopes.<\/p>\n

At UFC 326, 36-year-old Charles Oliveira took the BMF title off the aforementioned Holloway after an especially dominant performance wherein he used his wrestling throughout five rounds.<\/p>\n

Then at UFC 327, 35-year-old Carlos Ulberg pulled off certainly one of the craziest come from behind wins over Jiri Prochazka to win the vacant light heavyweight title.<\/p>\n

A month later, 35-year-old Sean Strickland caused an enormous upset when he handed Khamzat Chimaev his first ever loss to grow to be the two-time middleweight champion.<\/p>\n

After which within the highest-profile important event to this point this 12 months at UFC Freedom 250, Gaethje pulled off certainly one of the best upsets of all time when he dethroned 29-year-old Ilia Topuria to grow to be the undisputed lightweight champion.<\/p>\n

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Despite having been out of motion for therefore long, McGregor believes he is just now just reaching his prime, which has been backed up by his coach who has claimed \u2018he has never looked so good\u2019.<\/p>\n

And although Holloway shall be hoping to buck the trend that he has been victim of, \u2018The Notorious\u2019 Irishman will likely be licking his lips on the thought of continuous the surprising pattern. <\/p>\n

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