Max Holloway reveals the surprising UFC foe who reset his clock

Max Holloway is not only regarded as one of the greatest featherweights of all time, but he is also renowned for having a granite chin.

In his already illustrious career, the proud Hawaiian has faced up against a who's who of heavy hitters, and he has handled them all with grace.

However, as Holloway explained to the audience of the Flagrant podcast during a recent guest appearance with comic Andrew Schulz,

One combatant left him with no memory of his current location. And you probably didn't expect the name.

Max Holloway took shots from Dustin Poirier at 155 pounds and a clean head kick from Yair Rodriguez. As he said on the podcast, most people would pick the second Poirier fight as the moment he got visibly hurt.

Regarding the kick from “El Pantera,” the 31-year-old said he was left more dumbfounded by how the kick landed at such a close range.

“(I felt) nothing. I was tripping out, ‘cause I was literally nose-to-nose with him. I was actually surprised he got that. In my mind, I was thinking, like, ‘What the?’

Holloway prefers only to fight the top guy, but if the UFC were to throw him an opportunity, he wants it to be something fun.