Max Holloway isn’t the one one in his household with severe punching energy.
Throughout a latest journey to South Korea, Holloway paired up with good friend and submit opponent Chan Sung Jung a.okay.a. “The Korean Zombie” to discover the sights and sounds of Jung’s native nation. Among the many quite a few actions—a lot of which have been shared on the fighters’ respective social media accounts—concerned a go to to an arcade, which was included in a vlog posted Friday by Holloway.
Predictably, Holloway and Jung examined their may on a punching recreation, however the outcome was not what both UFC star might have anticipated.
Watch the competitors under.
Holloway fared higher than Zombie, very similar to he did after they had a memorable bout at UFC Kallang in August 2023. That most important occasion struggle was billed as Zombie’s swan music and certain sufficient, Holloway despatched him out on his defend with a vicious third-round knockout.
Their punching machine duel wasn’t fairly as explosive, with Holloway managing a barely greater rating the primary time round after which simply beating Zombie who surprisingly flopped on his second try (Holloway joked that Zombie broke the machine).
The twist got here when Holloway’s spouse, professional surfer Alessa Quizon, stepped as much as the plate and knocked it out of the park, figuratively talking. Quizon struck the punching machine bag and ended up with a rating that topped her former featherweight champion husband, a lot to the delight of everybody watching.
In his illustrious profession, Holloway has KO’d the likes of Zombie, Justin Gaethje, Jose Aldo, Anthony Pettis, and Brian Ortega, however you may wager Quizon will fortunately maintain bragging rights over him for the remainder of their lives.
Holloway’s vlog additionally featured loads of meals and “Blessed” joked that he’s involved Zombie’s wining and eating might forestall him from making the UFC 318 light-weight most important occasion on July 19, when Holloway is once more being known as upon to shut out a peer’s profession, that of the legendary Dustin Poirier.
“Korean Zombie making an attempt to kill me,” Holloway stated after ingesting some spicy meals, later including, “This journey has been a lot enjoyable and we’re attending to welterweight. So Dana [White], whoever you’ve acquired responsible, name Korean Zombie as a result of I don’t know if I’m making ‘55 anytime quickly.”
