A charismatic UFC 316-hunter came out dominant for a live streaming Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The Octagon is back in Newark on Saturday 7 June, because the UFC 316 Pay-per-View takes place in the Prudential Center.
Headlining will be Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O'Malley's Bantamweight Title Rematch, while the Co-Main event Julianna Pena and Kayla Harrison fight for the 135-pound championship for women.
The Undercard has filled a number of remarkable names, including a man who had one of the most memorable moments of his UFC career in the defeat.
Kevin Holland asked for advice from Cageside from Khabib Nurmagomedov while he streamed live on Instagram
Holland enjoyed a record -breaking 2020 in the UFC, because he became the first hunter who won five attacks in the space of one calendar year.
With that in mind 'Big Mouth' 2021 came in with a lot of hype behind him, but that came to a halt in his main event debut opposite Middleweight Derek Brunson.
The pair headed UFC Vegas 22 on the Apex, where Holland had exposed its wrestling shortcomings.
The majority of the entertainment came outside the cage, where the large Khabib Nurmagomedov was next to Dana White.
After his frequent tirades against illegal streamers, White was next to one when Nurmagomedov streamed the UFC head event live on Instagram.
Both Nurmagomedov's camera and the UFC broadcast took Holland hilarious arguing for wrestling advice from the Dagestani while Brunson had his way on the ground.
“Everyone knows that Khabib is not only the biggest wrestler in the world, but also one of the largest wrestling coaches in the world,” said Holland in his corner.
'I usually ask DC [Daniel Cormier] For advice! But now I try to ask you. “
The amused former lightweight champion responded and urged Holland to stay focused.
“He is funny,” Nurmagomedov told his viewers before he focused his attention on Holland. “Stay Focus! Focus, Focus, Derek is there! Brunson there, let's go, let's go.
“You have to stop his struggle,” Nurmagomedov shouted during a new break between rounds. “Check your hips! … go, move around!”
The efforts of the Dagestani were ultimately in vain. After five rounds, Holland fell into a crooked defeat, in which the jury members ran scorecards from 49-45, 49-46 and 49-46 in favor of Brunson.
Kevin Holland stands for an entry specialist on UFC 316
'Trailblazer' may have to use his ground game when he returns to action on UFC 316.
Holland will fight Vicente Luque on the main map, three months after the victory of the fan favorite over Gunnar Nelson in UFC London.
That result brought a two-field loss of Skid to Holland, which previously fell to beat via TKO and submission to the middleweight Roman Dolidze and Reinier de Ridder, respectively.
And Holland is not going to delay after his third fight of 2025.
Stacked summer I fight by June and August … And I want the worse good weight on the Roster … next to me https://t.co/snz2Upzyy
– Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2Top) 15 May 2025
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The 32-year-old apparently wants to replicate his 2020 activity of activity by quickly returning in August, opening the calendar for a possible fifth outing of the year in a quarter of four of 2025.
But first things have to compete with Luque in search of his neck and another d'Arce choke on UFC 316.