This willingness to cause shock amongst the MMA world was on full display when Holloway was deciding who would be on his MMA Mount Rushmore. 

There would be no surprise if legendary names in the UFC including Conor McGregor, Jon Jones and Khabib Nurmagomedov were chosen, however, Holloway decided to pick four different fighters to take the accolade. 

"I would say Demetrious [Johnson] is definitely up there, Anderson Silva is there too, GSP [Georges St-Pierre] and then you have to give it to Forrest Griffin because he helped put the UFC on the map," Holloway told Stake. 

"That TUF Finale on Spike TV was huge for the UFC, so those are my guys for sure. Those four guys are absolute animals."

Holloway then went on to praise Johnson's ability inside the cage before revealing which UFC legend he wished he could have faced inside the Octagon. 

"When you talk about Demetrious Johnson, it seems insane to me how he is viewed just because he fought at 125 lbs. This 125-er would absolutely whoop your a—s," Holloway continued.

"A lot of bigger guys think they can hang with him, you get these influencers and social media personalities who go around screaming, 'I'm 260 bro, he's 125lbs.'

"Brother, Demetrious Johnson would take your ACL and your arm home and then he would come back and cut your head off if he wanted to. You could do nothing about it, he's such a beast.

"I wish I was fighting during the time that GSP was around, I would have loved to have shared the Octagon with him. He's one of the greats, as was Anderson Silva - he was such a beast.

"Some people might disagree with my Mount Rushmore, but I'm looking at the way these fighters carried themselves inside and outside of the Octagon, how they were ambassadors for the sport and for the company as well. 

"DC [Daniel Cormier] is probably going to be mad that he's not on my Mount Rushmore of MMA, but I don't like the way he carries himself out of the UFC. He thinks he's the 'Daddest Man on the Planet', he is delusional."

Holloway is back in action on October 28 when he faces UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria at UFC 308 which will take place at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. 

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