{"id":75284,"date":"2026-09-06T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/75284\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T18:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:27:00","slug":"ufc-paris-main-event-winner-salahdine-parnasse-calls-max-holloway-my-dream-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/75284\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Paris main event winner Salahdine Parnasse calls Max Holloway \u2018my dream fight\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Salahdine Parnasse scratched another goal off of his list after securing his first UFC win Saturday in his home country, and he believes he\u2019s already in reach of another major milestine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The former two-division KSW champion showed why he was a prized signing as he needed a little more than half a round <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/508870\/salahdine-parnasses-destroys-dan-hooker-in-debut-calls-for-max-holloway-next-after-ufc-paris-main-event\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to score a vicious knockout<\/a> over longtime lightweight contender Dan Hooker in the UFC Paris main event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In his post-fight interview, Parnasse celebrated by calling for a fight with Max Holloway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI\u2019m ready for the next fight, top 5,\u201d Parnasse said via a French translator. \u201cMy dream fight is Max Holloway. Max Holloway is the legend. Big respect, Max Holloway, my dream fight is Max Holloway. \u2026 I\u2019m ready for Max Holloway or top 5, UFC, I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Holloway is coming off of a win over longtime rival Conor McGregor at UFC 329, though the bout was widely considered a disappointment due to McGregor suffering a fight-ending knee injury that led to a stoppage in just 69 seconds. \u201cBlessed\u201d appears to be biding his time as the top names in the lightweight division are sorted, so his schedule might not line up with Parnasse\u2019s in the near future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe\u2019s a very well-conditioned guy,\u201d Parnasse said. \u201cHe was the champion, \u2018BMF\u2019 champion. It\u2019s always been a dream just to see who\u2019s better conditioned, me or him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Parnasse has now won six straight fights and 11 of his past 12, and he\u2019s no stranger to marquee matchups having competed in multiple championship bouts at 155 and 145 pounds during a successful stint with KSW. Now that he\u2019s in a new promotion, his goal remains the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI\u2019m going after the belt,\u201d Parnasse said. \u201cI want to go step by step and keep moving up the division and I want to be the best in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Asked for a timetable for a title fight, Parnasse offered a guess.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see, I hope maybe my third fight,\u201d Parnasse said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salahdine Parnasse scratched another goal off of his list after securing his first UFC win Saturday in his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2772,30,12037,23557],"class_list":["post-75284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-latest-news","tag-paris","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}