Max Holloway will aim to write another chapter in his storied career when he faces Conor McGregor at UFC 329 on Sunday.
Holloway is a former UFC featherweight champion, former BMF title-holder, future Hall of Famer and leader across many metrics when you look at the history of the organisation.
But ask MMA fans to name their ‘Mount Rushmore’ – picking the top four fighters to have competed in the UFC – and Holloway’s name rarely, if ever, comes up.
The Hawaii native first stepped into the octagon in 2012 – just four fights into his MMA career – and has been a mainstay ever since.
Now 34, Holloway’s legacy has been cemented and the new generation, like 27-year-old Briton Lone’er Kavanagh – who competes on the undercard this weekend – have no doubts about his standing as one of the all time greats.
“If I see him the little child in me comes out,” Kavanagh said. “I look up to Max, he’s been at the top for so long and he’s always had exciting fights.
“I like his mindset going into things so if you told me five years ago I’d be fighting on a card with Max Holloway I wouldn’t have believed it.”
In the build-up to headlining UFC 329 with a rematch against McGregor, BBC Sport looks at Holloway’s rise through the ranks and the records he has set.
