Max Holloway stays in UFC title picture, outpoints Arnold Allen

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Max Holloway is, and has been for the better part of a decade,

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consistently regarded as one of the most formidable competitors in the world at the featherweight division.

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Since 2013, Max Holloway has not been defeated in a bout that was not for a title.

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"That man hits like a truck," Holloway said of Allen in the postfight interview.

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