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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> boss Dana White ordered <keyword id="9197019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="calvin-kattar">Calvin Kattar</keyword> to go to hospital after he was dominated by Max Holloway in an all-time great MMA performance.</li><li>Kattar displayed teak toughness in the 25-minute battle, but was beaten in every minute of every round.</li><li>'The Boston Finisher' reportedly laughed when he was told to go to hospital, but accepted he had to get checked-out by a doctor.</li><li>Kattar's injury list included a broken nose, staples in his head, and bruising.</li></ul><keyword id="9060271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fight-island">FIGHT ISLAND</keyword> - <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> President Dana White told Calvin Kattar he had to go to hospital after <a href="https://www.insider.com/masterful-max-holloway-produce-an-all-time-great-fighting-performance-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he was dominated Saturday by the relentless Max Holloway</a>.Kattar lost every minute of every round in a 25-minute battle in front of a small crowd inside the newly-built Etihad Arena on <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/fight-island" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fight Island</a> in Abu Dhabi.'The Boston Finisher' displayed teak toughness and had moments of success in the third round, but was ultimately out-gunned from beginning to end, absorbing a UFC record 447 strikes from a total of 746 thrown from Holloway.The sheer volume of Holloway's merciless attacks took its toll on Kattar who, despite not going down once, suffered sustained damage. He was so injured that White said he told Kattar to his face that the UFC was sending him to a local hospital to get checked out.Kattar reportedly laughed but did not put up a fight, and accepted that he had to get checked-out by a doctor.The ESPN MMA reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/1350772949234671616" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brett Okamoto tweeted</a> that Kattar's injury list included "staples in the head and a broken nose and bruising."<h2>The beating freaked out the UFC boss White</h2><div type="image" title="Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar" height="1438" width="2000" msid="80329356" hostid="261"></div>White told reporters at a post-event press conference Insider attended that he felt like the fight could have been stopped in the fourth round.As the fight was permitted to go the distance, Kattar took an additional 84 strikes from 142 thrown by Holloway, and therefore sustained additional damage.But having spoken to Kattar after the fight, White said his concerns lessened, as Kattar was speaking clearly and seemed alright despite the defeat."I thought the fight should have been stopped in the fourth round," White said."I was freaking out a little bit. I said [to his coaches] he's not going to stop and talk to anybody. We're going to take him straight to the ambulance and send him to the hospital."Then I went over to him and I said: 'You're so tough, what an unbelievable performance,' and he said: 'That's not what I want to be known for.'"He goes: 'But I'm not going to back down to anybody,' and I said: 'We're going to send you straight to the hospital right now. I don't want you talking to anybody or doing anything.'"He started laughing and thought that was funny. He's in good spirits, his head is clear."White continued: "Our interaction made me feel better. All's good and everything I'm hearing is good so far. Those kinds of fights freak me out."He was completely coherent, clear, speaking perfectly. But we got him right in an ambulance and have him going to get checked out."After the loss, Kattar's pro MMA record fell to 22 wins (11 knockouts, two submissions, and nine decisions) against five losses.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/masterful-max-holloway-produce-an-all-time-great-fighting-performance-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Masterful Max Holloway just produced an all-time great fighting performance days after saying he'd rematch Conor McGregor</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-alessio-di-chirico-kos-joaquin-buckley-with-head-kick-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One of the UFC's most spectacular knockout artists just got brutally knocked out on Fight Island</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-carlos-felipe-justin-tafa-went-at-each-others-throats-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2 big boys who weighed a combined 529-pounds went at each other's throats in one of the funnest UFC bouts of the night</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-confirms-talks-with-manny-pacquiao-for-mega-fight-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor confirms talks with Manny Pacquiao over a $250 million world championship boxing match</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-pesky-fly-almost-makes-bruce-buffer-fluff-ufc-lines-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A pesky, annoying, no-good fly almost made UFC announcer Bruce Buffer fluff his iconic lines on Fight Island</a>

UFC boss Dana White ordered Calvin Kattar to go to the hospital after he was dominated by all-action fighter Max Holloway

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Fast-rising bantamweight <keyword id="10601324" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rob-font">Rob Font</keyword> wants to finish T.J. Dillashaw and prove he is ready for a title shot.</li><li>Font is currently on <keyword id="9060271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fight-island">Fight Island</keyword> in Abu Dhabi to support his friend and training partner <keyword id="9197019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="calvin-kattar">Calvin Kattar</keyword> ahead of the featherweight's main event match against Max Holloway on Saturday.</li><li>Beating Holloway could be enough to secure Kattar a title shot against Alexander Volkanovski.</li><li>Font hopes a victory over Dillashaw could earn him his own title shot in the 135-pound weight class.</li></ul>FIGHT ISLAND - American fighter Rob Font wants a knockout win over T.J. Dillashaw to springboard him into <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> title contention.Though Font does not have a scheduled fight, the New England Cartel bantamweight is on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi to support his friend and training partner Calvin Kattar, who competes in a featherweight match against Max Holloway in Saturday's main event - the UFC's first show for three weeks.Insider met Font, Kattar, and their trainer and agent <keyword id="10601323" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tyson-chartier">Tyson Chartier</keyword> earlier this week by the side of the Yas Marina Circuit, a $1 billion race track on the W Hotel site on Yas Island.Font, 33, has been mimicking Kattar's opponent Holloway during their training camp to help him prepare for that style in the days and weeks leading up to this weekend.But soon, it may fall on Kattar to return the favor and mimic Font's next opponent."I want big things," Font told Insider. "I'm thinking about belts and defending belts. I'm going to do what I have to do, tagging along with Calvin, getting to experience the main events, Fight Island, fighting through a pandemic."Kattar is the No.6-ranked 145-pounder in the UFC but can climb that ladder should he defeat Holloway, who is the No.1 contender in that weight class.And so Font is targeting a fight that, like Kattar, could propel him up the rankings should he win.Since dropping a decision to Raphael Assuncao at UFC 226 in 2018, Font won three in a row, including a knockout via punches against Marlon Moraes last month.Two of Font's last three fights have scooped him $50,000 bonus checks because of the awesomeness of his performance. The momentum is with him."I'm right behind Calvin," Font told us. "And I've been learning how to deal with all this s--- through him. I'm just waiting for that opportunity to knock one of the top guys out."Frankie Edgar, Cody Garbrandt, and Cory Sandhagen are all ranked above Font in the 135-pound weight class, while the No.1 in the division Aljamain Sterling seeks to fight the champion Petr Yan.But Font has someone else in his sights - the former two-time bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw who is approaching the end of his two-year suspension <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2021/1/11/22225985/rob-font-tj-dillashaw-put-epo-in-his-body-hes-mentally-broken-ufc-mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">after testing positive for Erythropoietin [EPO] in 2018</a>."We want T.J.," Font said. "To go out there and knockout T.J. Dillashaw would make it four in a row, two finishes, and you can't deny me [a title shot] from there."<h2>Font beats everyone at bantamweight, the New England Cartel says</h2><div type="image" title="Max Holloway, Tyson chartier, and Rob Font" height="1000" width="2000" msid="80303394" hostid="261"></div>His coach Chartier has been studying Dillashaw for a while, knowing it's a bout that could materialize."Rob got to move around with T.J. a little bit in 2013, 2014. When he got in the UFC at 135, T.J. had the belt, so …that's the guy he's always wanted to fight," Chartier told us."I remember Rob's UFC debut … we saw T.J., I remember thinking if all goes well, we're going to fight this kid someday."We get to fight him now, not necessarily for the belt, but as an uncrowned champion because he never lost with the belt. There's a new champ now. But if, when, we beat him, 100% the next should be a title fight."Kattar foresees a run of victories for his friend: "Rob finishes every fighter in the bantamweight division," he said."He's the best fighter in the world at 135-pounds, and he just needs the opportunity to go and prove it."Once Rob gets that fight booked with T.J. Dillashaw, we're both on pace to go get those belts in 2021," Kattar said.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/how-training-with-the-diaz-brothers-helped-shape-calvin-kattar-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'UFC Champion-in-waiting' Calvin Kattar still uses lessons he learned from training with the Diaz brothers more than a decade ago</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/joaquin-buckley-credits-kanye-west-for-social-media-boost-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Knockout artist Joaquin Buckley credits Kanye West for giving his UFC highlight-reel a boost on social media</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-confirms-talks-with-manny-pacquiao-for-mega-fight-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor confirms talks with Manny Pacquiao over a $250 million world championship boxing match</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/jake-pauls-merciless-trolling-of-conor-mcgregors-team-continues-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul's merciless trolling of Conor McGregor's fight team continues as he belittles the Irishman's sparring partner</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/georges-st-pierre-says-he-never-enjoyed-fighting-in-ufc-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georges St. Pierre says he used to cry before bouts early in his career and never enjoyed fighting in the UFC</a>

American fighter Rob Font wants a knockout win over T.J. Dillashaw so it can springboard him into UFC title contention

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> returns with its first show of 2021 on Saturday, at the newly-built Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.</li><li>The event is headlined by a featherweight match between the No.1-ranked contender Max Holloway, and the No.6 fighter <keyword id="9197019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="calvin-kattar">Calvin Kattar</keyword>.</li><li>Kattar met Insider on <keyword id="9060271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fight-island">Fight Island</keyword> earlier this week and told us about his family, the foundations of his career, and aspirations.</li><li>He said he trained with the world-famous Diaz brothers in Stockton, California, and continues to use life lessons learned from back then, today.</li><li>Kattar is vowing to defeat Holloway, in style, this weekend, so he can force a UFC title shot against the current champion Alexander Volkanovski.</li></ul>FIGHT ISLAND - When Calvin Kattar was 19 years old he packed his bags and traveled alone to Stockton, California.The burgeoning fighter slept on the living room floor at the Brazilian jiu jitsu master Cesar Gracie's house.He'd wake up early and get his nose bloodied three times a day training with Gracie's pupils like the world famous Diaz brothers, Nick and Nate.He studied how the Super Six champion Andre Ward hit the heavy bag at an Oakland boxing gym, learned skills that would last a lifetime in professional mixed martial arts, and even considered leaving New England to move indefinitely to the West Coast.Kattar, though, flew back East and stayed there for good when he found kindred combat spirits in his trainer and agent <keyword id="10601323" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tyson-chartier">Tyson Chartier</keyword>, and the No.5-ranked UFC bantamweight <keyword id="10601324" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rob-font">Rob Font</keyword>, who has been on a tear of late.Kattar, too, has been on his own tear.The 32-year-old <a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-calvin-kattar-brutal-elbow-ko-win-over-jeremy-stephens-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sliced Jeremy Stephens' nose open with a sickening elbow strike</a> at UFC 249 in Jacksonville, Florida - the first pandemic era UFC event in May last year.Two months later, <a href="https://www.insider.com/photo-calvin-kattar-cut-dan-iges-face-open-with-boxing-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he messed up Dan Ige's face in a brutal five-round war</a> at the UFC's first series of <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/fight-island" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fight Island events</a> in Abu Dhabi.Now, he's thrust into the biggest fight of his life, headlining Saturday's UFC Fight Night event in a featherweight match against all-time great 145-pounder Max Holloway."I feel great," Holloway told Insider. "If you do it right, they're all the biggest fights of your life. The next one is always the biggest off a win, and when you win, the opportunities only get bigger."<h2>Kattar fights one of the consensus featherweight GOATs in Holloway</h2><div type="image" title="Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar" height="1000" width="1500" msid="80294232" hostid="261"></div>Insider met Kattar earlier this week at the W Hotel in Abu Dhabi, under a mile from the Etihad Arena - a newly-built venue created with the UFC's requirements in mind.Walking away from the W, we headed toward the $1 billion Yas Marina Circuit, reminiscing about white knuckle joyrides we'd both taken on the circuit earlier in the year, getting separate rides around the F1 race track in a pimped-out Chevrolet Camaro Drift Taxi.Kattar made the most of his time on Fight Island in 2020, going on to beat Ige so badly he left his opponent with a swollen eye, countless cuts, and many bruises.'The Boston Finisher' was so pleased with his handiwork he fist-bumped every reporter on press row as he made his victory walk away from the venue.Kattar did not escape unscathed, though, as he hurt his fists and suffered a bloody nose. He took time off to recover, rehabilitate his injuries, and enjoy a vacation.Months later, when he was wrapping his hands ahead of a training session at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas, <a href="https://www.insider.com/calvin-kattar-could-fight-max-holloway-next-then-ufc-title-2020-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he called Insider on video to tell us he wanted to take on the No.1 fighter in the division</a>.He was ready for Holloway.On Saturday, he'll finally be able to lay hands on him."Any time you have a chance to go against one of the GOATs in the featherweight division, the No.1 contender at this moment, it's a big opportunity and it's a moment I've been working my whole career for - fights like this," Kattar said."I think we all know what you're getting in for with a Holloway fight. He brings the action - high volume, high pace, and I feel like I do much of the same but I'm a little bit more calculated."It'll make for a fun and exciting match-up, particularly being broadcast on ABC and with fans at this show. It's a good check-point for me, and this is my time."<h2>It's also a time for one of the hottest teams in MMA - the New England Cartel</h2><div type="image" title="Max Holloway, Tyson chartier, and Rob Font" height="1500" width="2000" msid="80294234" hostid="261"></div>Saturday night is a huge fight for Kattar's small but close-knit team - the New England Cartel.It is run by Chartier, who acts as agent and trainer, putting his two top-ranked fighters, Kattar and Font, through their paces.Chartier was recently named as one of the MMA coaches of the year in 2020 <a href="https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/mma-junkie-2020-coach-of-year-tyson-chartier-eric-nicksick-ufc-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by MMA Junkie</a>.Victory this weekend could see him become an early front-runner for the same award this year."I've been watching Holloway as a fan all the way through the UFC, but then when Calvin got into the UFC I took a closer look at who the champ is - the benchmark - knowing, potentially, we're going to fight him one day," Chartier told Insider."I respect what he's done and he's one of the greatest of all-time to ever do it in the featherweight division, but Calvin earned the right to fight him and it's a good check-point for the team."It's also a good chance on ABC for Calvin to make himself a household name, and for him to get that title shot."Though Kattar is in his early 30s, he continues to evolve as a striker.His elbow strike knockout over Stephens was something new to his arsenal, and Chartier told Insider that fight fans can expect to see continued developments in his stand-up."I think you're going to see a well-rounded fighter [on Saturday]," he told us. "He can be tough when he needs to be tough, and he can be calculated when he needs to be calculated."He'll fight where it needs to go regardless of what Max brings, as he has an idea of how to handle it."I think you'll see new technical tricks as he keeps evolving as a striker. One year ago, he wasn't throwing elbows, then he knocked out Jeremy Stephens with an elbow."Every fight you see a bit more added to the tools, and the tools you have seen will be a little bit sharper."It has been up to Font to mimic Holloway in camp, so nothing the former champion throws or does come fight night comes as a surprise.But the sessions have been so brutal, Font will be happy to have a day off once the final bell sounds this weekend."I've been doing my best Max Holloway impersonation [in training camp] where I pick up the volume, pick up the pace, but now it's finally over," he smiled."I'm tired of getting hit. Calvin is a champion-in-waiting."<h2>Kattar's family will be watching with interest back home in the US</h2><div type="image" title="Max Holloway face off and Calvin Kattar" height="1409" width="2000" msid="80294238" hostid="261"></div>Kattar's entire family will be watching the show on ABC, hoping to see their son, nephew, or brother climb the UFC rankings.The only one who might not be watching is Kattar's father, Jamie, who gets so nervous on Calvin's fight nights that he's been known to vomit."He hasn't been to a show this year because of COVID, but I'm sure he's throwing up in a toilet back at the house," Kattar laughed.Kattar calls his mother, Sandy, his superhero. She, too, will be excited to watch him perform but cannot do so alone, and so she flew to Texas to be with his sister."Because my brother's with me, and she can't stand to be alone for the fight, my mom flew to Texas."My sister moved [there] a couple of years back with her cowboy husband and she had to fly out there because she's got to cling on to someone."She's excited, everyone's excited - they all know it's a big opportunity and one that we're going to go out and do what we do."<h2>What Kattar learned from the Diaz brothers</h2><div type="image" title="Nate Diaz and Nick Diaz" height="1125" width="1500" msid="80294240" hostid="261"></div>Though Kattar has never returned to train in California since his sessions with the Diaz brothers, he took a part of Stockton back with him to Massachusetts.The level and intensity of the training, the schedule of a full-time fighter, and the lifestyle are traits he discovered in that time, but continues to use to this day."There's a lot of things I learned from them and that camp that just set the tone for a lot of the training that I do now - big picture things and the amount they train," Kattar said."I haven't trained with them since then, but that altered the way I train since coming back from Stockton."The level of training and amount of training they do. At the time my gym was only open from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the evenings. That's not the schedule for a full-time fighter."If you really want this, you have to go in and make it a lifestyle, and I brought that mentality back with me."It took me over a decade to align with Tyson and Rob, guys who are like-minded, want the belts and put the work in to get the belts."And you're seeing good team chemistry and what can happen when a group of people get together for a like-minded goal."Kattar told Insider that internet rumors that he's from money are overplayed, and that his net worth isn't near a million … yet. His story, he said, may not be a rags to riches one, but it's hardly riches to stitches, either."People think I started with riches but that's not the case, it's definitely not the case. Maybe not rags, but I had to work for everything I had, and I've earned everything in front of me."If you Google me it says I'm worth a million, well … I'd like to see some of that damn money."I never wanted to have to fight for money, but I'd be lying if I said that wasn't a big part of the motivation at this point because it's life-changing money."I never had these opportunities to make the money I can through fighting, and am just trying to get things that I never had for me and the people I want to share them with."Now I have the opportunity to do that. These are big-moment fights, the paydays are getting there, and this is make-or-break."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-confirms-talks-with-manny-pacquiao-for-mega-fight-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor confirms talks with Manny Pacquiao over a $250 million world championship boxing match</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/tyson-chartier-vows-to-make-2021-a-coming-out-party-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One of the US' best MMA coaches has vowed to make 2021 a coming-out party for his 2 top tier fighters</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/jake-pauls-merciless-trolling-of-conor-mcgregors-team-continues-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul's merciless trolling of Conor McGregor's fight team continues as he belittles the Irishman's sparring partner </a><a href="https://www.insider.com/georges-st-pierre-says-he-never-enjoyed-fighting-in-ufc-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georges St. Pierre says he used to cry before bouts early in his career and never enjoyed fighting in the UFC</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/khabib-nurmagomedov-had-100-million-offer-to-fight-floyd-mayweather-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Khabib Nurmagomedov had a $100 million offer to fight Floyd Mayweather and Dana White was 'on board,' says manager</a>

'UFC Champion-in-waiting' Calvin Kattar still uses lessons he learned from training with the Diaz brothers more than a decade ago

<ul class="summary-list"><li>MMA has an upstart fighting firm making waves in the <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword>.</li><li>The New England Cartel is a two-strong fighter team run by one of 2020's coaches of the year <keyword id="10601323" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tyson-chartier">Tyson Chartier</keyword>.</li><li>Chartier trains and is the agent to the UFC's No.6 featherweight <keyword id="9197019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="calvin-kattar">Calvin Kattar</keyword>, who fights Max Holloway on Saturday, and the No.5 bantamweight <keyword id="10601324" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rob-font">Rob Font</keyword>.</li><li>Despite the team's success last year, Chartier told Insider this week that his work is by no means done and he wants title fights for both his guys in 2021.</li><li>Should Chartier continue to oversee wins for Kattar and Font, he'll no doubt be named coach of the year in 2021, too.</li></ul><keyword id="9060271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fight-island">FIGHT ISLAND</keyword> - Tyson Chartier, one of America's best MMA coaches, has vowed to make 2021 a coming-out party for his two top-tier fighters.Chartier runs the New England Cartel, a fighting group that has prominent athletes like the UFC's No.6 featherweight Calvin Kattar and No.5 bantamweight Rob Font competing under its banner.Kattar headlines Saturday's UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar event that is broadcast on ABC from the newly-built Etihad Arena on <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/fight-island" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fight Island</a> in Abu Dhabi.Should he upset the former UFC champion Holloway, Chartier's elite striker could be thrust into a title shot.But he's not the only New England fighter looking to secure championship status this year, as Font - who is riding a three-fight win streak - is also gunning for a title shot, a title, and then defenses in the 135-pound weight class."It's validating for all the hard work they've put in, and we've put in as a team," Chartier told Insider at the fighter hotel this week."You tell us we can't do something, we're going to double down and figure out how to do it. That's our team mentality. We put our heads together and slay these giants because we're the bad news guys of MMA."2021 can be a huge year for us," he said.Like Font, Kattar is also on a hot streak.The 32-year-old <a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-calvin-kattar-brutal-elbow-ko-win-over-jeremy-stephens-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">busted Jeremy Stephens' nose open with a brutal elbow strike</a> knockout in Florida, <a href="https://www.insider.com/photo-calvin-kattar-cut-dan-iges-face-open-with-boxing-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">before out-pointing Dan Ige in a five-round war</a> at the first series of Fight Island events in July.Though he is an underdog against Holloway, the New England Cartel is only thinking about winning, so it can target the champion in the 145-pound division - <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-fighters-in-mma-ufc-bellator-one-championship-2021-1#8-alexander-volkanovski-22-wins-11-kos-3-subs-8-decisions-against-1-loss-ko-3">Alexander Volkanovski.</a>"We're not thinking small … we're thinking belts," Chartier said. "Our ultimate goal is not just winning belts, but defending them.It is a place Kattar, Font, and Chartier have been steadily building toward as a team for years.Font told Insider: "It's what we've been working for and envisioning. Putting our heads down, putting in that work, and taking that work to the next level. Winning big fights in impressive fashion, entertaining fans, and being consistent."Chartier was recently named one of the MMA coaches of the year in 2020 <a href="https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/mma-junkie-2020-coach-of-year-tyson-chartier-eric-nicksick-ufc-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by MMA Junkie</a>, and he'd no doubt replicate that success in 12 months' time should his two fighters follow through with their shared prophecies this year - by winning, in impressive fashion, all the way to the championships.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/ufc-curious-if-micro-dosing-psychedelics-can-thwart-brain-trauma-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana White and the UFC are exploring whether micro-dosing on psychedelics could help reduce brain trauma</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/jake-pauls-merciless-trolling-of-conor-mcgregors-team-continues-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul's merciless trolling of Conor McGregor's fight team continues as he belittles the Irishman's sparring partner</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/manny-pacquiao-targets-match-with-ufc-fighter-conor-mcgregor-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manny Pacquiao says he wants to fight Conor McGregor 'right now'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/georges-st-pierre-says-he-never-enjoyed-fighting-in-ufc-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georges St. Pierre says he used to cry before bouts early in his career and never enjoyed fighting in the UFC</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/khabib-nurmagomedov-had-100-million-offer-to-fight-floyd-mayweather-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Khabib Nurmagomedov had a $100 million offer to fight Floyd Mayweather and Dana White was 'on board,' says manager</a>

One of the US' best MMA coaches has vowed to make 2021 a coming-out party for his 2 top tier fighters

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="2944528" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Conor-McGregor">Conor McGregor</keyword> and <keyword id="9478289" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="dustin-poirier">Dustin Poirier</keyword> headline <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> 257 on <keyword id="9060271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fight-island">Fight Island</keyword> on Saturday.</li><li>Insider spoke to a prominent MMA trainer Tyson Chartier and two fighters Calvin Kattar and Rob Font to ask who will win, and how.</li><li>Chartier said the "kiss of death" that McGregor has in his notorious left hand will decide the bout.</li><li>Font countered by saying if Poirier can evade the shots early, he'll begin to favor a decision win.</li></ul>FIGHT ISLAND - Conor McGregor's "kiss of death" left hand power punch is so deadly it will decide his UFC 257 lightweight match Saturday against Dustin Poirier at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.That's according to the MMA trainer Tyson Chartier, who has been on Fight Island this month with two of his athletes - the No.5-ranked bantamweight Rob Font, and Calvin Kattar, who got dominated by Max Holloway earlier this year."I'm picking Conor," Chartier told Insider recently. "He's calling the shot on this one. Generally, you're calling someone out because you want to get them [and know you can beat them]. That gives you a mental edge."The 155-pound showdown is a rematch from a 2014 featherweight fight that McGregor won speedily inside of a round.Though both have improved since then, McGregor's signature strike will knock Poirier down, Chartier told us."They've both made strides since their last fight, but what it comes down to is Conor has that kiss of death in his left hand, and Dustin does get hit in fights. I don't think you can get hit against Conor."Font disagreed with his coach and said if Poirier can survive an early onslaught, then he would become the favorite to win in a five-round, 25-minute distance fight."I'm pulling for Poirier," Font told us. "I want him to win. I want him to get that [title] shot."If he wins, it'll be by a decision. The key is staying away from the left hand in the first two rounds, maybe squeak it out. Conor then fades toward the end. I'm going for Poirier."Kattar refused to be drawn into deciding a winner."If Conor can do what he said and finish him in 60 seconds with that kiss of death … you gotta tip your hat, man," the fighter said."If he doesn't, the longer it goes, Poirier will start favoring the win the later it goes."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-death-of-the-notorious-ufc-246-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The death of The Notorious: The Conor McGregor of old is no more</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/ufc-fighter-has-been-fired-after-breaching-fight-islands-bubble-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A UFC fighter has been fired after breaching Fight Island's bubble by giving his COVID passport to an outsider who 'shimmied' across 4 balconies to deliver a mystery bag</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-conor-mcgregor-take-yacht-and-rolls-royce-to-ufc-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor showed he's the UFC's version of Tiger Woods by chartering a yacht to Fight Island</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-khabib-nurmagomedovs-cousin-umar-scores-debut-ufc-win-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Following in his cousin Khabib's footsteps, Umar Nurmagomedov made a UFC debut to remember by scoring a second-round submission</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/calvin-kattar-given-6-month-suspension-after-dominant-ufc-loss-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Calvin Kattar hit with a 6-month medical suspension from fighting after suffering one of the most brutal beatings in UFC history</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/masterful-max-holloway-produce-an-all-time-great-fighting-performance-2021-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Masterful Max Holloway just produced an all-time great fighting performance days after saying he'd rematch Conor McGregor</a>

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