UFC middleweight Joseph Holmes needs to struggle Kevin Holland after moving into an altercation at a regional MMA occasion.
Following Xtreme Knockout 60 on Friday evening, Holmes went dwell on Instagram and claimed he was ‘jumped’ from behind by some individuals who have been a part of Holland’s entourage.
“I simply acquired freaking jumped!,” introduced on social media. “I can’t consider the final time I acquired jumped. And the place my folks at? None of y’throughout me backing me up. None of you. What’s the query marks about? What extra do I gotta say? I acquired jumped!
“They beat me up, they beat me down, the stomped on me once I was down,” continued Holmes. “F—okay Kevin Holland. Bro, f—okay that man.”
Based on Holmes, it began after he and Holland had a run-in once they have been leaving the Statler. He defined he and the ’Trailblazer’ had a pre-existing feud after Holmes dated an ex-girlfriend of Holland’s uncle.
When Holmes and Holland settled down, ‘Ugly Man’ mentioned he all of the sudden felt a number of folks punching him.
“We have been at XKO on the Statler in downtown, I’m strolling via the venue, and me and Kevin already don’t get alongside,” mentioned Holmes. “Kevin Holland. So I’m strolling via the venue, he finally ends up being in entrance of me, I make fast eye contact, proceed on my approach, don’t say a phrase. Don’t contact him, don’t have a look at him, nothing. So then, actually lower than 10 minutes later, me and my lady have been about to depart, for a fast second. I’m like, ‘Hey, shoot, I simply left my garments upstairs,’ as a result of I modified garments. I acquired again to run upstairs the place my fighter was, to seize my garments that I left, and I see Kevin Holland coming down the steps. I’m strolling up the steps, he’s coming down the steps, he actually stops in entrance of me, me, and he appears at me and reaches his fingers out, like he’s stopping me from strolling upstairs, after which he grabs on my f—king arm.
“So what am I going to do? I’m like, ‘Nah n—a, get your fingers off me,’ and I again him up, like hell nah, you ain’t about to be grabbing on me,” continued Holmes. “After which this n—a, pop, pop, pop, and the following factor you already know I’m getting punched behind my f—king head. And I’m sitting there like, ‘What the f—okay?’ Subsequent factor you already know my glasses get tossed throughout the room, my earphones get tossed off me, I’m simply standing right here, like, confused. Like, ‘What the f—okay did I do?’ I’m simply attempting to stroll up some goddamn stairs.”
Holmes mentioned that Holland didn’t punch him and even advised his folks to get off earlier than safety confirmed up. Nevertheless, due to his involvement, Holmes needs the UFC to ship Holland a contract.
“So after being attacked, all the safety is now surrounding me, after I’m the one which was attacked, now the safety is surrounding me, and I’m like, you already know what, ‘Y’all are proper. I’m going to be the larger individual. Completely high quality,’” mentioned Holmes. “I have a look at Kevin and I used to be like, ‘Signal the contract when it comes.’ We’re going to ship you a contract, signal it when it will get there. Since you’re appearing all massive and dangerous and difficult, in the meantime your boyfriends are simply hitting me behind the pinnacle, for what? Be sure you signal the f—king contract.”
Holmes is 1-2 within the UFC. The Contender Sequence alum suffered a second-round rear-naked choke loss to Jun Yong Park at UFC Vegas 63 not too long ago.
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