Six months later and nothing has changed.

Waianae’s Max Holloway proved his superiority to Jose Aldo with a second third-round TKO of the former longtime featherweight champion in the main event of UFC 218 on Saturday night in Detroit.

Holloway (19-3, 15-3) retained his 145-pound world title and extended his winning streak to 12. Aldo (26-3, 8-3) suffered his third loss in his last four fights.

“I got a lot of catching up to do,” Holloway responded when asked if he’s the best 145-pound fighter ever. “You’ve got to respect the man. (Aldo) has a lot of numbers.”

Aldo won 15 consecutive fights in the WEC and UFC before losing his belt to Conor McGregor by knockout in 13 seconds.

Holloway’s back-to-back wins over Aldo have been more than just one-punch finishes. He controlled the fight with Aldo despite withstanding a few early blows.

The fight played out similarly to Holloway’s win in June. After a patient first round, Holloway stepped up the pace midway through the second round and then finished it with a flurry in the third.

Referee Herb Dean called the fight with Aldo on his back and Holloway raining down blows at 4 minutes, 51 seconds of the third round.

“I knew he was tired already. That was the whole thing,” Holloway said. “Let’s take him to deep waters.”

Holloway landed 114 significant strikes to Aldo’s 72, according to ufc.com.

Holloway was supposed to defend his belt against Frankie Edgar before an injury forced Edgar to pull out of the fight last month.

“I told you guys all these guys is cupcakes,” Holloway said. “I look forward to the new flavor.”

Holloway is one of seven fighters to win at least 10 consecutive fights in the UFC. Only Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Demetrious Johnson and Jon Jones have longer streaks.

Holloway is ranked No. 4 pound-for-pound in the UFC behind Johnson, St-Pierre and McGregor.

The fight of the night, and maybe the year, took place in the prelims, with Makaha’s Yancy Medeiros scoring a wild third-round TKO of Alex Oliveira, who entered the fight ranked No. 15 at welterweight.

Medeiros (15-4, 6-4) busted up Oliveira’s nose in the first round with a straight left but was knocked down multiple times and barely survived the first bell.

The two fighters embraced at the beginning of both the second and third rounds and proceeded to trade vicious clean shots back and forth throughout the fight.

Oliveira (17-4-1, 7-3) came out energized in the third round and scored two takedowns, but was eventually reversed on the ground.

As the two fighters got back up, Oliveira was clearly hurt and backed into the cage before absorbing a series of shots. He eventually collapsed to the mat, where he was finished at 2:57.

Oliveira landed 93 of 161 significant strikes and 98 total strikes. Medeiros landed 75 of 151 significant strikes and 78 total strikes.

“It’s cold over here, but I’ve never felt the warmest welcome,” Medeiros said in the cage. “Hats off to Oliveira. He’s a cowboy and all cowboys are tough. What a war. I’m here to entertain and get to the top.”

Medeiros earned a fight of the night bonus of $50,000 and has won a bonus in five of his 10 UFC outings.

Both fighters were transported to a hospital after the fight for precautionary reasons.

Earlier in the evening, Maui’s Cortney Casey lost a split decision to Felice Herrig in the first televised preliminary fight on Fox Sports 1.

Herrig (14-6, 5-1) won 29-28 on two judges’ scorecards, while the third had Casey (7-5, 3-4) winning two rounds to one.

The fight stats were even, with Herrig landing 76 of 262 total strikes while Casey landed 91 of 233. Herrig also had a takedown.