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Yesterday we confirmed that Max Holloway will defend the featherweight title against Frankie Edgar next March. Today we bring you the recent words of the contender.

"I have so many reasons why I feel like this should be the case. Obviously I wasn't thinking that way or being so optimistic when they broke my face in training. I felt like the world had fallen around me, but I'm very happy that everything turned out well because everything could have been very different. Despite the things that happened, everything stayed on the right track and I was able to keep fighting. That's why I feel like it's already written. I just have to go in, keep going, and make it happen."

"Now we are eight weeks away and that's perfect. Initially, I heard that the fight could be in April, but I was glad to hear that it will be in early March. I received the call and said, 'Let's go!'. Obviously, it's regrettable how things went in the last camp, but I'm going to get there this time and do the job. Good styles make good fights, and I love this matchup. I hear these people on the internet talking and wondering how I'm going to win if I lost to Jose Aldo. MMA math doesn't always work that way. I have confidence in my abilities and I really believe that I'm still improving with every performance. I think that was shown in my last fight because that was one of my best performances. I'm ready to go out there and have a victorious fight with Max Holloway, and he's the perfect guy for me.

"They have doubted me since day one. Even before I started fighting, people doubted me, and I love proving everyone wrong. Going out there and proving these losers who have never done anything in their lives wrong is almost better than the victory itself. BJ Penn and I have history, but Max Holloway is just another opponent. I know he's a very tough competitor, and he's the champion. He has shown that he's worth it as a champion, and that will improve even more when I go and take that belt away. If he has questions, he comes to the right guy to get the answers."

Source: BJPenn.com