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Max Holloway going for two UFC belts, including McGregor's lightweight title

NEW YORK - Until his crazed reappearance Thursday, two-belt champion Conor McGregor had vanished from the UFC along with his riches.

Enter Max Holloway, the organization's featherweight champion who will put his 12-fight unbeaten streak on the line in Saturday's UFC 223 main event against unbeaten Russian Khabib Nurmadomedov (25-0). Holloway is filling in on short notice to replace the

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