Arman
Tsarukyan was unimpressed with Max
Holloway’s latest performance.
Holloway (27-9) put his BMF title on the line in a lightweight
matchup against Charles
Oliveira at
UFC 326 earlier this month. Oliveira took Holloway down with
ease and dominated him on the ground for five rounds to earn a
unanimous decision win. There are currently rumors floating about
Conor
McGregor returning to action against Holloway.
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Tsarukyan believes Holloway is way past his heyday. According to
“Ahalkalakets,” Holloway is washed up and fighting merely to
collect his paychecks. Tsarukyan was surprised to see Oliveira take
Holloway down at will. Tsarukyan questions how Holloway, with
nearly two decades of experience, couldn’t defend a takedown
against Oliveira, whose wrestling isn’t his strongest suit. While
Oliveira is primarily known for his jiu-jitsu, the Brazilian’s win
over Holloway felt like a wrestling masterclass to Tsarukyan.
‘He Looked So Bad’
“Max is done already,” Tsarukyan said on “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “He is just making
money and then he’ll retire. He’s not that Max anymore. His last
fight he looked so bad, that’s crazy. I was surprised – how you
cannot wrestle? Zero wrestling. You’ve been in the sport 20 years
and you cannot even defend takedown from Charles
Oliveira. Charles
Oliveira has no takedowns. He has good jiu-jitsu but wrestling,
I’ve never seen him wrestle very well. But it was like a
masterclass in wrestling from Charles. And I thought he went to
Dagestan for two to three years and then came back.”
Holloway has alternated wins over Justin
Gaethje and Dustin
Poirier with losses against Ilia
Topuria and Oliveira in his last four outings.