It’s been a scary time for Max Holloway.

Holloway was supposed to defend his featherweight title against rising contender Brian Ortega at the upcoming UFC 226 pay-per-view event.

If you recall, Holloway was supposed to be the savior of the upcoming UFC 223 pay-per-view event.

Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov was the original main event of UFC 223 for the lightweight title. However, it was revealed that Ferguson wouldn’t be able to compete due to injury.

The UFC was able to talk Holloway into accepting the fight and go for history as if he beats Nurmagomedov then he would be a two-division champion.

Then, it was revealed the day before the event that Holloway had been declared medically unfit to fight.

Switching gears back to UFC 226, Holloway was forced to pull out of the fight after he had been experiencing concussion-like symptoms and was taken to a hospital.

Just last week, Holloway’s team had to shoot down the rumors that he had suffered a stroke during that fight week.

Fast forward to Friday, White decided to talk with the media about Holloway as he noted that Holloway is improving to the point where the possibility of an interim title for the division will not happen and is currently waiting for the UFC featherweight champion to make his return.

“He’s good,” White told reporters, including MMAjunkie, following UFC on FOX 30 weigh-ins. “He’s doing well. They gave him a time frame. I’d actually like to wait a little longer on his time frame and make sure that he’s 100 percent. I don’t know yet (what the time frame is).”

“There was no stroke,” White said. “It either had to do with concussion – either a concussion, or they believe it happened to him because he was cutting weight at that time. We still don’t know for sure. But we know he’s doing OK, he’s healthy, and he’s doing a lot better.”

“What I want to do is have him take some time off,” White said. “Here’s the problem: No matter how far away you book a fight, I’m worried about him starting to spar. I don’t want him to do any of that stuff until it’s absolutely necessary.

I want to give him more time. There is no time frame. I just want this kid to be healthy.”