Max Holloway has emotional welcome home in Hawaii after winning UFC title

Published Dec. 14, 2016 5:10 p.m. ET

Damon Martin

Max Holloway celebrated his first UFC title last Saturday night when he TKO'd Anthony Pettis in the third round to claim the interim featherweight championship.

The real celebration for Holloway came a day later when he returned home to Hawaii where he received a hero's welcome from family and friends.

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The video posted online on Wednesday shows Holloway's reaction as he arrives at the celebration that was planned for him after becoming the first Hawaiian UFC champion since B.J. Penn held the lightweight and welterweight titles.

Holloway has close ties with the Hawaiian community, who have embraced the 25-year old featherweight as he made his rise up the ranks before winning the title last Saturday night.