>> Anik: It is the first champion vs champion fight
to be staged here in Brazil in the UFC.
The interim champ Max Holloway trying to make it
11 straight wins and leave enemy territory
as the undisputed king of the '45ers
against the greatest featherweight
in the history of the sport, Jose Aldo Jr.
>> Holloway: No one wanted to fight Aldo
and no one wanted to fight Aldo in his backyard.
What better way to take the king.
>> Anik: Oh!
Max Holloway knocks down Jose Aldo.
>> Holloway: Kings go to other kings' villages
and they take over, you know.
You know, that's what we did.
>> Anik: The Hawaiian Holloway pouring it on.
That'll do it!
Max Holloway is the undisputed UFC featherweight champion.
>> Buffer: And... now!
>> Anik: And Dom, it is gonna take a special effort
to dethrone the new champion Max "Blessed" Holloway.
>> Time for a new era.
Blessed era!
>> Blessed era.
Welcome.
We can now take questions.
>> Reporter: I think one guy, who's actually here in Brazil right now,
is Frankie Edgar, who everybody is really pointing out
as the contender right now.
>> Me and Frankie, man, that sounds awesome.
You know, everybody keeps saying I didn't fight people
and Frankie's a former champ.
You know, I got two former champs under my belt.
It would be nice adding another one under my belt, so.
I got my throne.
If you want it, come see me.
>> Karyn Bryant: From a fight in the making to a fight that's breaking,
former lightweight belt holder Frankie Edgar
is out of his featherweight title fight
with champion Max Holloway.
Edgar is injured and he will not face Holloway
at UFC 218, December 2nd.
>> Reporter: Waianae UFC featherweight champion
Max "Blessed" Holloway has a rematch on his hands.
>> They will run it back.
It will be Holloway vs Aldo 2.
>> What better replacement can we have
than the former reigning champion in Jose Aldo.
The guy was dominant for so many years that, you know,
you can't help but be like, "Alright,
let's give you another shot.
You've earned it over the years of hard work
and dominating performances at 145."
So, who knows how it's gonna go.
Jose's always a risk for anybody
when he steps into that octagon.
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> When I found out, I told the people of Detroit,
don't worry. I'm gonna fight December 2nd.
I'm a fighter, you know, and that's what
I'm put on this earth to do, and I believe it.
I'm a fighter and I wanna fight.
>> Max Holloway has won 11 fights in a row.
He will be the favorite here, and right now at present,
he might just be the best pound-for-pound
mixed martial arts athlete in the world.
>> Situations like this is when you prove
you're the best in the world
and why you're pound-for-pound best in the world,
and I'm chasing champ life.
Champ life, you fight anybody they put in front of you.
It's weird how the tide changes, you know.
He was a champ.
>> Buffer: UFC featherweight--
>> Now I'm the champ.
>> Buffer: Champion of the world--
>> Now we get to run it back and what better way, you know,
to prove that you're the best guy in the world
in your division against one of the guys who was the best.
You just beat him and now you get a crack at him again.
So, here I go to do my thing again.
>> Dominick Cruz: Max Holloway is here to win.
He's here to be champion, and he's proved it.
He's saying it.
>> Brian Stann: He believes that he is the better chess player
in mixed martial arts than Jose Aldo.
He's got more depth and he's more diverse
and that's why he's gonna win tonight.
>> The first fight, Aldo, you know, nothing was surprise.
You know, he was the best guy in our weight division.
He was there for a very long time, so, you know,
everything that-- that I thought was gonna happen, happened.
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> Anik: Oh! Holloway got stunned!
Jose Aldo follows up.
>> Holloway: First round, caught me with some punches.
I wouldn't say he hurt me, but I can see myself
losing that round, for sure.
>> Anik: Strong start for the champion Jose Aldo.
>> The second round, you know, was a competitive round.
I think it could've gone either way.
>> Anik: Ooh, Aldo cracks him with a right hand.
Ooh, big right hand from Holloway.
Oh!
Wow!
>> Cruz: Awesome fight. Awesome.
>> Anik: What a finish to round two.
>> You know, the third round, you know.
It's not how you start the race,
it's how you finish, you know.
He started strong. I finished strong.
>> Anik: Oh! Max Holloway knocks down Jose Aldo!
Holloway with a big right hand there.
>> Cruz: Oh, he's got Aldo hurt so bad.
It's looking over, ladies and gentlemen.
>> Anik: Oh, Aldo trying to stay in this fight,
but the Hawaiian Holloway pouring it on.
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> Anik: That'll do it!
Astonishment across this arena here in Rio.
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> He's gotta take full advantage of this.
You know, you get a second shot at a guy like Max,
you gotta go in there guns a'blazin'.
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> Everytime I step in there, it's a new me.
So, if he's banking on what he did the first round,
shuffle your deck of cards because I'm coming, man.
>> John Gooden: Akira Corassani's out!
Max Holloway!
>> I didn't change a bunch of things.
I added.
This fight is gonna be a different one.
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> Goldberg: Big shots by Aldo!
>> Rogan: Oh, my God.
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> Rogan: Oh! >> Goldberg: Oh, my!
>> Rogan: That's it. >> Goldberg: Jose Aldo!
>> There's times, there's levels, and there's eras.
Aldo had his chance.
He's back again.
Now I just gotta show the world again why I'm the best 145er.
>> Anik: Holloway continues to be the aggressor.
>> I'm one of the best pound-for-pound fighters
in the world.
>> Rogan: He's melting. That's it.
>> Anik: Another finish for Max Holloway.
>> I'll put a statement on it.
I told you guys, it's my division!
I'm gonna be out here for a long time,
so you either can hate or you can jump on the bandwagon.
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> All you guys gonna hear Bruce Buffer say, "And still."
>> Buffer: And... still!
>> Mike: Francis "The Predator" Ngannou.
>> Ngannou: For me, fighting is my life.
It's my all everything.
>> Joe: Ngannou is a huge man;
carrying around a lot of muscle mass.
Big heavy guy with a lot of power to him.
>> Ngannou: I'm here to take all.
I'm here to take everything.
>> Joe: He's done, that's it. That's it.
>> Mike: It is all over! >> Joe: Wow!
>> Mike: Knockout-- Francis Ngannou!
>> Hardy: Francis Ngannou is that new wave
of heavyweight prospect,
who in 11 fights has managed to position himself
at the very, very top of the sport
in the heavyweight division--
which is extremely difficult to do
in such a sport space of time.
>> Joe: Serious, serious power from Ngannou.
>> Hardy: This guy has unfathomable potential.
He touches people on the chin and they just fall over.
>> Mike: Vicious uppercut!
>> Ngannou: I believe in my punch.
When I go to fight, when I go to punch--
I believe in what I'm doing.
>> We know he's a heavy puncher,
we know he has that natural ability to knock people out
with one shot.
So everything else now is about adding the technical aspects
to his game.
>> Ngannou: Everything can still be improved better and better.
That is why I train and that is why I'm here.
The goal is to win.
>> Mike: Alistair Overeem-- started training and competing
at age 14.
>> Hardy: The experience that Overeem brings into this,
is incomparable with what Ngannou has faced
in the Octagon so far.
>> Florian: He's a champion in kickboxing.
He's been a champion in mixed martial arts.
He's been so close to obtaining that UFC title.
He was possibly seconds away from getting
the finish over Stipe.
>> Joe: Oh! He tagged him. >> Mike: Oh, my goodness!
>> Florian: I know that loss really stings Alistair Overeem
and he wants to get back to the top
of the heavyweight division.
>> Overeem: When things don't go my way,
I shut myself in a room and I fix it.
We just work hard and now we're here.
>> Hardy: Now he finds himself with a terrifying opponent
in front of him.
Another heavyweight murderer that he has to go through
in order to get to that title shot again.
>> Anik: That is a plus athlete right there and he's
just getting going.
>> Hardy: There is so much hype around Ngannou right now.
The people really see this man as the future
of the heavyweight division.
>> Ngannou: People who believe I'm going to be UFC champ,
they're just right.
I see no way for me to not be UFC champ.
>> For Alistair Overeem to add that name to his record
early on and to stop Ngannou in his tracks before he
starts to gather that momentum towards the title,
I think it's a smart thing to do.
But there is definitely a massive risk in it for
Alistair Overeem.
>> I truly believe that I have grown as a martial artist
and I have the confidence and the belief
in my own training and myself.
And then I know I will be coming out on top.
The hard work continues and the work will not stop until
I have the UFC heavyweight title.
Boom.