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Conor McGregor says he's still the UFC featherweight champ, Max Holloway responds

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 12:53 p.m. ET

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Conor McGregor has a few choice words for two of his former foes in Jose Aldo and Max Holloway

Earlier this week Conor McGregor took issue with the UFC claiming he was no longer the featherweight champ while calling out former foes Jose Aldo and Max Holloway.

McGregor (21-3), the reigning lightweight champion, made history as claimed his second UFC title after finishing former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 earlier this moth. However, his historic two title run came to an end just two weeks later when the UFC announced McGregor had relinquished his 145-pound title.

As a result, the interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo was promoted to the undisputed champ while Max Holloway scheduled bout against Anthony Pettis as changed to an interim title fight.

Holloway would go on to finish Pettis with strikes early in the third round, earning his first UFC title and earning his title unification fight against Aldo at a later date.

But as far as McGregor is concerned, the real featherweight belt is still in his home in Dublin.

“I’m still the two-weight world champion,” said McGregor during an interview with Ireland’s RTE. “Make no mistake about that. They can say what they want, they can try and get phony belts and hand them out to people I’ve already destroyed. I mean, the current champion [Aldo] is a guy I KO’d in 13 seconds. The current interim champion [Holloway] is a guy I destroyed as well.

“Officially, I don’t care what nobody says. I am the two-weight world champion and that is that.”

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McGregor previously finished Aldo in their title fight at UFC 194, earning the featherweight title he was eventually forced to give up. Just two years prior, the Irishman had earned a decision over the the relatively unknown Holloway on the undercard of UFC Fight Night 26.

Aldo (26-2) would later rebound with with decision win over Frankie Edgar at UFC 200, earning the interim title, while Holloway (17-3) would string together an astoudning 10 consecutive wins.

While Aldo and McGregor have exchanged verbal jabs through the media, Holloway took to Twitter to call out his former foe.

Prior his destruction of Pettis, the young Hawaiian earned an impressive decision win over former title Ricardo Lamas at UFC 199 in June.

Holloway previously scored back-to-back stoppage wins over Cub Swanson and Oliveira before earning a decision over Jeremy Stephens. While there is currently no word on when Holloway and Aldo will do battle, all signs are pointing to UFC 208 on Feb. 11 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.