Until either man has his hands raised in victory, there will always be talk of Conor McGregor and his claim to the featherweight belt.
As we all remember, McGregor was relinquished of his featherweight title after that sweet, brief moment where he was able to proudly display two belts on each shoulder in the immediate aftermath of his win against Eddie Alvarez.
It was at this time that Jose Aldo was promoted to full champion of the featherweight division, after winning the interim title against Frankie Edgar at UFC 200.
With Max Holloway making waves in the featherweight division (10-fight winning streak), he eventually won the interim belt with a win over Anthony Pettis at UFC 206.
Now, the fight which everyone wants to see, Aldo vs Holloway, looks set to take place in the summer, to determine who is the undisputed featherweight champion.
The fight was confirmed as signed and sealed by UFC president Dana While on ESPN#s Five Rounds podcast with Brett Okamoto. The only thing White neglected to mention was when, where and what pay-per-view.
The bout was then confirmed by Brazilian outlet Combate as June 3 and UFC 212, which is set to take place in Rio de Janeiro. Once the cat was out of the bag, ‘Blessed’ was not long off tweeting:
It's time to put up or shut up #teamblessedmma
— Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) February 10, 2017
We expect some official confirmation in the coming days and it is a fight which truly has the potential to go down as one of the fights of the year.
