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News, Blog and GuidesThe Hawaiian, the No. 2 ranked featherweight fighter, brutally KO’d Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 and will be the Spanish-Georgian’s next rival.
Cristina ParraCriistinaparra_Fidel RubioUpdate: Apr 17th, 2024 06:14 EDT0
Max Holloway’s spectacular KO win over Justin Gaethje to take the BMF title from him stole the show at last weekend’s UFC 300.
It was an impressive victory that helped him book his next clash and find an opponent, Ilia Topuria. The Hawaiian was one of the fighters El Matador planned to fight, and his win over Gaethje made him Topuria’s next rival.
“It’s all love champ. I’ll be seeing you soon. Jeremiah 51:20″, Holloway wrote on X, answering Ilia’s message saying he would become the first mixed martial artist to knock out the Hawaiian.
It’s all love champ. I’ll be seeing you soon. Jeremiah 51:20 https://t.co/D6i8Ph7SQ5
— Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) April 15, 2024
Holloway wants the featherweight belt back
After many unknowns, Topuria has already announced Holloway as the next challenge for his first featherweight title defense fight, a belt he won after knocking out Alexander Volkanovski in the second round. Blessed, who became the category’s champion in 2017, wants to recover the belt.
Differently from Topuria, Max lost the featherweight crown to Volkanovski. He had cleaned out the division until the Australian defeated him and took his belt. They fought three times and were all wins for Alexander, although there was some controversy in some of them, as they were very close fights. El Matador isn’t worried, since he knocked out Volkanovski, something Holloway couldn’t do.
