Legendary boxing trainer calls Max Holloway 'complete package' MMA striker

Did UFC Vegas 42 push Holloway to the top of your top striker in MMA list?

Love Max and he’s been super impressive especially lately. That said, the one thing he really lacks is power. He never seems able to hurt someone or put them away no matter how many clean strikes he lands.

I was just thinking about this the other day. I’m not sure if it would be more impressive if he was KOing guys in 2 rounds or the way he puts on these gritty high paced wars.

Guys like Max and Wonderboy would be terrifying if they had just a little more power.

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The complete package wouldn’t get hit so much. Defense is half of the game.

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Here’s my thing with Max;

He’s been out boxed by Dustin. He does not have a lot of finishes that are a result of him boxing his opponent to death. Yes he did beat Aldo twice in a row and out struck him those fights were nice. Other than those he doesn’t have any since 2014. The Brian fight ended with the doctor calling the fight

Yes Max is great.

But now let’s look at Nick;

Knocked out Robbie Lawler out boxing him. Out boxed KJ noons (a pro boxer) 49-46. Out boxed a very dangerous Evangelista Santos WHILE absorbing over a dozen brutal leg kicks which is the same exact way Alex managed to beat Max Holloway. That didn’t work on Nick though. Then of course Nick out boxed an extremely dangerous Paul Daley to a TKO. Out boxed BJ Penn and that was before BJP fell off a cliff. Two fights prior he had just knocked out Matt Hughes is less than 30 seconds

And Nick went 5 hard rounds with Anderson Silva who had a pretty significant size advantage over him. He fought well too people forget

Wouldn’t Volk be considered more complete than Max? More power, just as accurate, better defense, similar volume, better kicks.

He’s more of a kick boxer. Max is almost 100% just a boxer these days. He throws very few kicks and takedowns. He’s fallen in love with his hands

Of course it doesn’t hurt that Holloway has a ridiculous height and reach advantage essentially every time he fights.

Alex won the first fight in dominant fashion due to the dozens of hard leg kicks he landed on max. He completely took his base out from under him

Wish someone could take Donald Drumpf’s base out from under him.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sure the hell can’t do it.

A Joe Manchin/Kyrsten Sinema ticket in 2024 might though.