{"id":14731,"date":"2025-07-18T22:37:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14731"},"modified":"2025-07-18T22:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:37:29","slug":"max-holloway-is-in-recovery-mode-ahead-of-ufc-318","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14731","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway is in Recovery Mode Ahead of UFC 318"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>UFC\u2019s BMF champion, Max Holloway, is set to face 36-year-old Dustin Poirier to complete their trilogy on July 19, and while the 33-year-old has been toiling away in training, he\u2019s also been focusing on recovery, as a recent YouTube video revealed.<\/p>\n<p>There may only be three years between Holloway and Poirier, but in MMA terms, this is a significant gap. While <a href=\"https:\/\/groundedmma.com\/ufc-prime-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the average age of a UFC champion<\/a> sits at around 33, their odds of winning is hugely diminished by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/news\/alexander-volkanovski-laughs-at-ufcs-over-35-curse-prior-to-ufc-298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cOver 35\u2019s Curse\u201d<\/a>. Holloway has the age advantage, but he has lost to Poirier in their previous two clashes, meaning that this is his last chance to beat his longtime rival, who has said this will be his retirement match. Now nearing the end of his fight camp before UFC 318, Holloway has taken fans inside his training sessions on YouTube, as he spars and even surfs his way to fighting shape. And, while Holloway recently explained to M&amp;F that gaming and live <a href=\"https:\/\/kick.com\/maxholloway\">streaming on KICK<\/a> is a way to clear his mind, a recent vlog has focused on the importance of his physical recovery.<\/p>\n<h2>Max Holloway says Making Time For Recovery is Super Important<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cRecovery is super important,\u201d explained the \u2018Blessed\u2019 fighter in Episode 4 of his training series. \u201cI need my body for this fight game, so to get your body back in shape, and go back and do all the hard work that you have to do again, day in and day out\u2026 recovery is key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following an intense sparring session, Holloway allowed cameras to follow him as he engaged in several methods of recovery work, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/features\/active-lifestyle\/6-things-know-about-cupping-therapy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cupping therapy<\/a> which aims to increase blood flow and alleviate muscle pain.\u00a0 Holloway also utilizes compression therapy, to reduce swelling and improve circulation. And, he undergoes red-light therapy to energize his cells. \u201cYou want your body feeling one hundred percent every day,\u201d explains the BMF title holder. \u201cSo, you gotta take care of your body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Holloway has learned to embrace recovery as he\u2019s matured, the pro MMA fighter with a record of 26-8-0 explains that he wasn\u2019t always so focused. \u201cMy recovery (has) evolved a lot,\u201d says the former featherweight champion. \u201cI did zero recovery. I was young. (I felt like you) didn\u2019t need to take care of your body. But now, we\u2019re a little bit older, and lucky for me, my cousin and his wife are the owners of a recovery place \u2026 it\u2019s a blessing.\u201d Holloway may be taking a more proactive approach to his recovery but getting him to take dip in the cold plunge would prove to be a step too far on this occasion, however. Oh well, there\u2019s always the next fight camp!<\/p>\n<p>Max Holloway versus Dustin Poirier will headline UFC 318 on July 19, from the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@maxholloway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To follow \u201cThe Blessed\u201d on YouTube, click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can watch his full sparring and recovery vlog here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blessed Era: Countdown to Holloway vs Poirier Episode 4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4szIyl_-BHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/news\/max-holloway-is-in-recovery-mode-ahead-of-ufc-318\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC\u2019s BMF champion, Max Holloway, is set to face 36-year-old Dustin Poirier to complete their trilogy on July 19, and while the 33-year-old has been toiling away in training, he\u2019s also been focusing on recovery, as a recent YouTube video revealed. There may only be three years between Holloway and Poirier, but in MMA terms, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}