On Saturday evening, the UFC yields to Atlanta, Georgia for the first time in three years using UFC 226, and that time, it is bringing two title fights with it.
In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is moving around 155 pounds to challenge for an interim lightweight title against surging contender Dustin Poirier, a guy who beat him before at featherweight.
From the co-main event, one of the UFC’s fastest rising stars, Israel Adesanya, gets his first shot at UFC gold when he chooses The Ultimate Fighter 17 winner, Kelvin Gastelum. It’s two fight-of-the-year contenders in the ATL with just two very live underdogs for UFC betting fans to consider, so let us get into it.
Max Holloway vs. Dustin Tips UFC & Poirier Odds 236
What’s there to say? At just 27 years old, Holloway is currently making his case for the title of greatest featherweight of all time with two dominant wins on Jose Aldo in 2017.
Now, Holloway has his sights set on the title of best pound-for-pound fighter and is going up to 155 lbs to become only the fourth dual champion in UFC history.
Holloway’s game is all about pace and pressure. He places one of the greatest paces from the featherweight division, throwing about 15 strikes per minute and burying opponents under his relentless volume.
Even when a fighter can find the better of him early on, as Aldo did in both of the battles, few can stay blow for blow with Holloway since the fight drags to the third, fourth and fourth rounds.
In most respects, Poirier is similar. “The Diamond” also works at a high pace, with combination striking. Where the two differ though is that while Max has power and can hurt opponents, his endings usually arrive as a result of accumulated damage.
Poirier, in contrast, is among the single hardest blow-for-blow punchers in the lightweight division. He does not need to land many strikes to harm an opponent because his litany of UFC wins reveals. Poirier is a willing grappler compared to Holloway.
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