UFC President Dana White recently spoke to the media following the UFC Vegas 22 card. White discussed a number of topics following the fights, including the performance of main eventer Kevin Holland.
Holland took to the cage in the main event against Kevin Brunson. Kevin Holland is known for his trash talking inside the octagon, but his performance on Saturday night was lacklustre.
‘I think that was a mental breakdown,’ Dana White told Yahoo Sports. ‘The only other thing I saw like it was [in boxing] when Lennox Lewis fought that guy [Oliver McCall] who kept his hands at his side and was crying. I don’t know what he was doing.’
Dana White on Kevin Holland
‘I think he might not have been able to handle the pressure and just broke mentally. I haven’t seen anything like that” Dana White continued.
Kevin Holland himself reacted to the loss following the event. ‘Let’s go back to fifteen minutes,” Holland said to Megan Olivi. ‘No, I think more than likely I just overthought it the whole week about the fight being 25 minutes. Wrestling the whole time and getting ready for the fight was rough.”
“Sparring 25 minutes for this fight was rough” Holland continued. “So I think I was just overthinking it. Then I get in there and I was like in the last two rounds ’˜oh crap this isn’t that bad’. You know what I mean? So I probably should have pushed it from the beginning but props to Brunson. He did a really good job.’
credit to BJPENN.com for the transcription
Also Check Out:
- Robert Whittaker Talks Potential Rematch with Israel Adesanya
- Tony Ferguson Adds Legendary Boxing Coach To Fight Team
- Kamaru Usman Reveals He WANTED Jorge Masvidal Rematch
- Dustin Poirier Chooses Conor McGregor Over Lightweight Title Fight
- Alex Volkanovski Talks Being Forced Out of UFC 260 Title Fight
