Kevin Holland’s most up-to-date loss at UFC 311 final weekend has solidified the concept within the thoughts of former Octagon gold holder, T.J. Dillashaw, that the Riverside native has not bought what it takes to by no means contact gold within the promotion.
Holland, who returned to motion final weekend at UFC 311 in California, dropped a dominant opening spherical rear-naked choke submission loss towards former two-weight ONE Championship titleholder, Reinier de Ridder.
The defeat got here as Kevin Holland’s second consecutively, having beforehand dropped a gap spherical nook’s stoppage TKO loss towards Georgian contender, Roman Dolidze at UFC 307 final October in Salt Lake Metropolis.
T.J. Dillashaw claims Kevin Holland won’t ever win a UFC title
And dropping from the top-15 within the middleweight rankings, Holland’s credentials have been known as into additional query by former two-time bantamweight kingpin, Dillashaw, who confidently claimed the Californian had no probability of ever profitable a championship within the UFC.
“The post you guys put out there about him not caring about being a UFC champion, ‘There’s too much politics in it’,” T.J. Dillashaw mentioned on the JAXXON Podcast. “Alright, dude, that’s simply an excuse since you’ll by no means be a champion. “He’s (Kevin Holland) a really entertaining fighter, he talks quite a bit, however he won’t ever be a champion. I promise you that.
“It’s the truth, he’s got some holes in his game, and we see it here. Are you going to be a champion if you don’t care? No, you need to obsess about it every day of your life. You need to be OCD about training, about being the best and not losing one practice. He’s talking about bringing training partners in and going home and smoking. Just sitting here and listening to him talk and watching him on TV, he doesn’t have the mindset for it, he’s just happy to be on TV.”
