Max Holloway gives his UFC 330 main event prediction

The welterweight championship and history will be on the line in the UFC 330 main event at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Champion Islam Makhachev puts his title on the line against No. 2 ranked contender Ian Machado Garry in the fight card’ main event.

If Makhachev emerges victorious, he’ll surpass Anderson Silva for the longest winning streak in UFC history with 17 consecutive conquests. Former featherweight champion and BMF titleholder Max Holloway believes the champion will get it done.

“A lot of people are giving Ian no shot, which is blowing my mind. I think this is going to be a way more competitive fight than people think,” Holloway said on his YouTube Channel.

“I think early on – it’s five rounds – I think early on, I think so in the first two rounds, Islam is going to have problems with Ian’s reach. Just trying to figure him out. At the end of the day, the longer the fight goes on, Islam’s only going to get stronger, I think. If Islam can get his hands on him, Islam can drag him down, we’re going to see a vintage Makhachev victory,” Holloway predicted.

“I think the fight is going to be super competitive in the first two rounds and then once Islam figures out that reach and cuts Ian off and gets him against the cage and drag him to the ground. I think Makhachev is going to be ‘and still’, but I just don’t get the disrespect of Ian, you know.”