Here's one person who's not into Max Holloway's recent smack-talking game: his grandma

Aside from the UFC’s interim featherweight belt, Max Holloway seems to have conquered something else as of late: some serious smack-talking skills.

Holloway’s (17-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) expletive-filled tirades, particularly the ones aimed toward champ Jose Aldo, were some of the most notable trash-talking moments of a year that certainly had a lot going on in that department.

But, for manager Brian Butler, talking the talk would have meant very little if Holloway hadn’t walked the walk, as well.

“With Max, it’s kind of been slow and steady, and I’ve been saying that to him the whole time,” Butler told MMAjunkie Radio. “Because he didn’t like shoot up super fast, but his personality has been developing, I think, and foremost his fighting spoke for itself, and his personality came out afterward.”

It’s a process that, while rewarding, actually seems to have had a few recent drawbacks, as well.

“Then it came out so much so that his grandmother is upset with him,” Butler said. “Which we are checking that, to make sure that he cuts back on the cussing a little bit in his interviews.”

“Yeah, grandma said she’s going to whoop old boy,” Holloway, also present in studio, added.

On his end, Holloway said that the trash-talker has been in there all along but was kept at bay by Butler. However, the 25-year-old fighter believes his surprisingly explosive personality and convincing octagon performances came together at the right time.

“It’s been opening a lot of doors,” Holloway said. “I always wanted to (talk), but (Butler) had a hard time, all this stuff. He’s the one that compressed me. He was like, ‘No, you can’t talk because you can’t talk. I can’t even understand what you’re saying right now.’

“Now it’s kind of whatever, I just speak my mind more. I guess it was just perfect timing. Slow and steady wins the race, and that’s what we’re doing. Just keep it chugging and, like you said, it’s a lot easier. You find out who your true supporters are when you start talking, and you figure out that hate is just love. All these guys are coming over to Team Blessed.”

Butler, who does “make fun of Holloway’s English,” doesn’t regret advising the fighter to pace himself. After all, being vocal is nice and all – but a current 10-0 streak and a brand new shiny belt certainly help.

“It’s all about timing,” Butler said. “If he were to come out like this right out of the gates, it wouldn’t have been the same. When he’s saying I compressed him, I didn’t compress him. I was managing him.”

Fresh off his interim-title-winning performance over Anthony Pettis at UFC 206, Holloway is dealing with an injured foot and remains unsure about next dates, but has made it clear he wants to stay active – regardless of what undisputed champ Aldo decides to do next.

And while we’re on the Aldo subject, here’s what an uncompressed Holloway had to say.

“Brazil deserves better,” Holloway said. “Get off the Aldo train. Waldo’s train? Where is the train? My train is easy to find. Come on over.”

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