Conor McGregor must be out of his mind, at least according to Max Holloway.
Their highly anticipated rematch at UFC 329 turned out to be a dud thanks to McGregor blowing out his knee on an immediate jumping kick, resulting in Holloway winning by injury TKO after just 69 seconds of limited action. In the weeks following the July 11 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, McGregor did his best to play damage control by calling for the fight to be ruled a no contest as he blamed, in part, the fog used during his entrance for causing him to slip and get injured, while also promising his "generational beating" of Holloway is simply postponed until they run it back.
All of which is laughable to Holloway.
"For that dude to be talking about how it was slippery
because of the dry ice or whatever, I don't know what he's talking about because I didn't fall," Holloway said in a video posted on his YouTube channel Friday. "Him talking about this 'generational beating,' dude is delusional. Because, to me, he felt slow in there. He felt slow. He looked old. If there was going to be a generational beating, it wasn't going to be on his end, I'll tell you that much. It wasn't going to be coming from his side.
"At the end of the day, I feel bad for the fans. It was a big event. A lot of people spent a lot of money. Shout out to them for coming to support, but I had the man weak in the knees from the beginning, I guess."
What's next for Max Holloway after Conor McGregor flop?
Holloway, 34, doesn't have a clear direction on what's next, but he believes he has three clear options. The former featherweight champion said he would like the UFC to give him a lightweight or welterweight title shot, or set up the trilogy with McGregor once he's cleared to come back.
"If it's a title shot in either weight class, sign ya boy up," Holloway said. "If it's a Conor McGregor fight again, I'll sign the dotted line. UFC, I'm owed the Conor McGregor belt, the money belt, so you guys got to send me that."
Holloway (28-9 MMA, 24-9 UFC) fighting for the welterweight title figures to be a long shot given his rematch with McGregor, who hadn't competed in five years, was his first appearance at 170 pounds. Holloway's case for a lightweight title shot is much stronger as he owns an April 2024 knockout win over lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, which served as Gaethje's most recent defeat before going on a three-fight winning streak to claim the 155-pound title.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Max Holloway rips Conor McGregor for being 'delusional' about UFC 329 dud
