After losing two straight championship fights, former featherweight UFC belt holder Max Holloway discusses his first non-title fight in nearly five years and the matchup with Calvin Kattar, who has title aspirations of his own ahead of Saturday's bout on UFC's Fight Island in Abu Dhabi during media day on Jan. 13, 2021.


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