Dana White was stunned when the long winning series of Kevin Holland ended in March 2021.
'Trailblazer' won five consecutive UFC periods to place itself in the conversation of the Fighter of the Year in 2020.
However, Kevin Holland's impressive run was abruptly against the old middleweight Derek Brunson, who easily surpassed the talkative American in the main event of UFC Vegas 22.
The UFC 316 star asked for advice from Khabib Nurmagomedov, who was standing against Brunson during his bizarre performance, so that UFC CEO Dana White was worried that one of his hunters had had a melting in the middle.
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Dana White's strong response to Kevin Holland loses
Kevin Holland is known for a trash in the Octagon, but he brought it to a different level at UFC Vegas 22.
After the fight, the UFC CEO expressed deep concern about the medium antics of Holland.
“I think that was a mental breakdown,” White told Yahoo! Sport.
“The only others I saw as it was when Lennox Lewis fought against that guy [Oliver McCall] who kept his hands on his side and cried.
“I don't know what he was doing. I think he might not have been able to handle the pressure and just broke mentally.
“I haven't seen anything like that.”
What is the next step for Kevin Holland?
Kevin Holland has lost eight of the 14 fights he has had since he fell against Derek Brunson.
In March he took Gunnar Nelson to come back to the win column in UFC London.
The 32-year-old will make two in a row this weekend against Welterweight Veteran Vicente Luque.
They will be on the undercard of Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O'Malley 2, which takes place on Saturday evening in Newark, New Jersey.