The UFC featherweight champion has discussed his beef with Conor McGregor.

Earlier this month, there was a social media exchange between Max Holloway and McGregor.

It all started once Holloway sent out a tweet praising Frankie Edgar, who was knocked out by Brian Ortega at UFC 222 in the co-main event, McGregor wrote that Holloway “bounced.”

Just a few hours after that exchange, McGregor unveiled his new sponsorship with Burger King with a pair of messages on Twitter and the new commercial of him plugging the new spicy chicken sandwich.

This is when Holloway thought it would be a great time to poke some fun at McGregor. Make no mistake about, there is history been Holloway and McGregor.

McGregor has not fought inside the Octagon since he won his second title with a drubbing of Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title at UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden.

McGregor beat Holloway back in 2013. However, since then, Holloway has transformed into the fighter he is today by getting better. Since then Holloway has gone on an impressive 12 fight win streak.

Holloway recently spoke about the exchange on The MMA Hour. According to the featherweight champ, he has “no idea” why he’s become a frequent target of the lightweight champion. Here is what he had to say:

“The guy keeps jabbing at me and jabbing at me, or whatever, and every time I reply they’re like, ‘Why are you doing this? Why are you replying?’” Holloway told host Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour. “I’m like, ‘Did you guys ever get picked on? You guys like getting picked on? Stand up for your damn self.’ Then the one time I finally — this guy goes and throws a juicy underhand pitch, I take a swing at it and hit it out of the park, and everybody’s all salty. They’re like, ‘Aw, you’re looking for a money [fight].’

“I ain’t looking for a money fight. This guy’s been trying to bully me the whole time. He’s enjoying his retired life, talking about all this kind of wild stuff, and then the one time I attack him, you guys get on me. Get out of here with that stuff. I know what’s on the timetable, and the timetable right now is (Brian) Ortega, so that’s my full focus.”

“It’s easy to separate the two,” Holloway said. “I’m not going to get into something that’s a ‘what if’ battle with someone, or just waste and focus my energy on something that’s not going to happen. I got a crown. I got a throne to defend. And we’ve got to keep the 145-pound division moving.

“If that guy (McGregor) wants to fight, I would see a contract. That guy tells Dana [White] what he wants to do and Dana usually does it. So if that’s what you want to do, you want to do it, so be it, but I know Ortega’s up next and I’m focused. I’m focused on him 100 percent.”