On Saturday evening, the UFC yields to Atlanta, Georgia for the first time in 3 years using UFC 226, and that time, it is bringing two title conflicts with it.
At the main event, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is moving around 155 pounds to struggle for an interim lightweight title against surging contender Dustin Poirier, a guy who beat him once before at featherweight.
From the co-main occasion, among the UFC’s fastest rising stars, Israel Adesanya, gets his first shot at UFC gold when he takes on The Ultimate Fighter 17 winner, Kelvin Gastelum. It has two fight-of-the-year contenders in the ATL with just two quite live underdogs for UFC betting fans to think about, so let us get into it.
Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier Odds & Tips UFC 236
What is there to say about Max Holloway that has not already been stated? At just 27 years old, Holloway is currently making his case for the title of greatest featherweight of all time with two dominant wins over Jose Aldo in 2017.
Now, Holloway has his sights set on the name of greatest pound-for-pound fighter and is going around 155 lbs to become only the fourth dual winner in UFC history.
Holloway’s game is all about pressure and pace. He sets among the highest paces from the featherweight division, throwing about 15 strikes every second and burying opponents under his relentless volume.
Even when a fighter can find the better of him early , as Aldo failed in both of the fights, few can remain blow for blow with Holloway as the struggle drags into the third, fourth and fourth rounds.
In many respects, Poirier is comparable. “The Diamond” also works at a high rate, with combination striking. Where the two differ though is that while Max has electricity and can hurt opponents, his endings usually arrive as a result of accumulated damage.
Poirier, by comparison, is one of the only hardest blow-for-blow punchers in the lightweight division. He doesn’t have to land many strikes to harm an opponent as his litany of UFC wins reveals. Poirier also is a grappler than Holloway.
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