Max Holloway didn't crack the Top 5 initially after knocking out Justin Gaethje, the #2 UFC lightweight at the time.
After 12 years in the UFC, Max Holloway can now say he's a Top 5 contender across two weight divisions. But, as you might recall, the rankings weren't always that way...
With the #2 contender down and out and the #1 contender Charles Oliveira overtaken by Arman Tsarukyan the fight before, you'd think Holloway would take his place somewhere in the Top 3 of the division, right? Well, that wasn't the case, with Holloway debuting in the lightweight rankings at #9 back in April and Gaethje dropping one spot, still higher than the BMF who beat him.
1-1 at lightweight, having lost to Dustin Poirier years prior and outlasting Justin Gaethje months ago, another fight at 155lbs isn't out of the question for Holloway, win, lose or draw against Topuria.
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