Overview
- Holland, the No. 15 welterweight, enters his fifth bout of 2025 and has said Malott is a solid fighter but a step below the competition he typically faces.
- Malott frames the matchup as his opportunity to break into the top 15 and says he trained specifically to handle Holland’s in-fight trash talk during camp.
- Holland is lobbying for a rapid turnaround to make a sixth appearance this year, ideally against Neil Magny, and says he has already raised it with UFC executives.
- DraftKings lists the bout close to a pick’em, with recent prices around Holland -102 and Malott -118, mirroring split predictions in previews.
- This week’s media day also produced color notes, including Holland initially confusing Malott for Jake Matthews and a past New Orleans vomiting incident that Dana White briefly mistook for a medical emergency.