Max Holloway explains his side of the story regarding Jose Aldo

After being called out by Jose Aldo for not fighting him in Brooklyn, NY at UFC 208, Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway responds with his side of the story.

A featherweight title fight was in the works between the champion Jose Aldo and the interim champion Max Holloway for UFC 208 in New York. That fight has since been stalled and each party is pointing the finger to the other side.

In a recent interview with MMAFighting.com, Jose Aldo spoke about the fact that Holloway is the reason the fight has not been made official as of yet. Aldo stated that the fight would not be happening on February 11 in New York as originally planned.

Aldo cited that the fight had been pushed back because of a scheduling conflict on Holloway’s end. Holloway spoke back on this topic today via an interview with Fox Sports News. In this interview Holloway says:

The next morning, following his fight with Pettis, Holloway was dealing with an ankle injury that would keep him from training for several weeks. Holloway said that he told the UFC about this injury and assumed that fight would be postponed. Aldo has had to pull out of fights on several occasions due to injury himself and Holloway spoke about this also.

Holloway says that he has the “golden ticket” to fight Aldo, referring to the interim belt. He stated that he would like that fight to happen in April or May, following a complete training camp.