Dana White tries to "understand" what's wrong with Holloway: "Not at all" he's fighting anytime soon

It is unclear exactly what led to Max Holloway's retirement from UFC 226, and Dana White is no wiser.

Holloway, the reigning featherweight champion and best boxer – book He suffered from "concussion – like symptoms" after Wednesday 's free practice sessions and was immediately rushed to the l'. hospital. The Hawaiian striker had to defend his title against competitor number 1 Brian Ortega in the co-main event.

Speaking at the press conference of UFC 226 on Thursday, White said the medical staff is not exactly sure what's wrong with Holloway. "Blessed" will be out of action in the foreseeable future.

"It's a strange situation," White said at a press conference for UFC 226 on Thursday, by Alexander K. Lee of MMA Fighting. "I was talking to Jeff Novitzky in the back and there are a few different ones – some people think it's related to the concussion and some people think it's related to weight, so they do not. Did not really understand what that is. But according to him, he feels good, but obviously, he is not well. So, let's continue to try to figure out what's wrong with Max Holloway.

"In the meantime, there is no way that guy is fighting anytime soon."

This is the third time Holloway has had to retire from a leading match this year, while the 26-year-old has been forced to withdraw from his defense against Frankie Edgar at the # UFC 222 and was found medically unfit to continue losing weight for his fight against Khabib UFC 223.

White, UFC president, said medical officials were doing "all the tests" on Holloway to "understand" what was wrong.

"We tested it at each test. … He needs to go to the Mayo Clinic or any of these types of places and get a full one – yes, we'll take care of Max Holloway and he'll go through all the types of tests until we can figure out what's wrong Ultimate Fighting Championship has done everything possible to prevent this type of situation from occurring, citing UFC's free advice on Nutrition and weight training available for free for all athletes at the Performance Institute in Las Vegas. Vegas

"It's impossible," White said. "It's impossible to make sure what happened in Holloway does not happen – listen, you're dealing with human beings, people get sick, things happen, it's unfortunate, but it's coming in. There's nothing we can do about it.

"We did everything we could to make these people healthier, give them a safer place to train. , eat the right food, we have a restaurant at PI where they can eat for free and we have done everything we can to try to limit this. "

While Holloway's withdrawal from UFC 226 is a big blow to the promotion of the fight, the pay-per-view is still one of the most stacked events in the world. Stipe Miocic will defend his heavyweight title against heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier at the main event, and a heavyweight duel between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis will feature as the new co-principal. 19659012] UFC 226 PPV will take place tomorrow night, July 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.