Max Holloway believes Ilia Topuria's recent run isn't as good as people think and he explains why it isn't as good as some think.

Max Holloway praises Ilia Topuria after his back-to-back knockouts, showing respect for the rising star’s dominant performances.

On July 19, Max Holloway returns to the Octagon for the first time since his UFC 308 loss to Ilia Topuria when he defends his BMF title against Dustin Poirier in the UFC 318 main event.

👀⚡️ Max Holloway believes Ilia Topuria ’s 3-fight win streak is overrated: "People just look at the names… Volk was coming off what he did… Oliveira was on a one-fight win streak." 🎥 @Shak_Fu pic.twitter.com/G1h0hPAmcO

Max Holloway now only has eyes for the lightweight title ... While he came up to lightweight to fight Justin Gaethje, ‘Blessed’ fought Ilia Topuria at featherweight. Meanwhile, following his BMF clash with Dustin Poirier, Holloway already has a ...

Max Holloway isn't ruling out the possibility of an Ilia Topuria rematch at lightweight. Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) was knocked out for the first time in his career by Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in their featherweight title fight at UFC 308 last October.

Holloway shared the Octagon with Topuria at UFC 308 and ended up suffering his first knockout loss. It was a successful UFC Featherweight Championship defense for “El Matador,” who moved on to capture the lightweight gold by knocking out Chares Oliveira.

Max Holloway says Ilia Topuria is one of the biggest pound-for-pound punchers in the UFC. But is the hardest hitter he's ever fought? Not quite, says the BMF champion.