Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje went blow-for-blow of their light-weight bout in UFC 300 on Saturday night time, and the struggle proved to be one of many high moments of the night time.
Time trickled down within the fifth and remaining spherical of the bout. Holloway and Gaethje had been shifting across the cage when Holloway challenged Gaethje to maneuver to the center of the Octagon. The 2 began to wail on one another.
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Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway trade strikes throughout their BMF title struggle at T-Cellular Enviornment on April 13, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Photographs)
Holloway and Gaethje traded blows, however Holloway caught Gaethje with a proper hand and took him down. Gaethje was face down on the mat because the referee stopped the struggle. There was just one second remaining within the spherical when the knockout was referred to as.
Holloway was awarded the BMF (Unhealthy Motherf—er) title. Gaethje had received the title from Dustin Poirier at UFC 291.
“That struggle sucked the life out of all people tonight,” UFC president Dana White stated. “Folks ask me what I do. I promote holy s— moments. That was the last word holy s— second. Let’s simply speak about (their) struggle for the remainder of the press convention.”
Justin Gaethje lays on the canvas within the BMF championship struggle throughout the UFC 300 occasion at T-Cellular Enviornment on April 13, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC through Getty Photographs)
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Holloway was anticipated to win the struggle through judges’ resolution earlier than he knocked out Gaethje. He picked up his twenty sixth win of his MMA profession.
“That is the second,” Holloway added. “That is what the BMF is thought for. If that’s not a BMF second, I don’t know what’s. If Justin was up, he would’ve given me these ten seconds.”
Max Holloway punches Justin Gaethje for a knockout throughout a UFC 300 blended martial arts light-weight bout on Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal through AP)
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White added: “That’s why Max Holloway is beloved. He is received the struggle received and in there with one of the harmful fighters within the enterprise. That is like film s—. It’s the struggle of the 12 months. If one thing beats that as struggle of the 12 months, holy s—.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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