Daniel Cormier awestruck by Max Holloway’s UFC 300 efficiency

Daniel Cormier was in awe of Max Holloway’s efficiency towards Justin Gaethje.

Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) knocked out Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) within the final second to say the BMF title Saturday at UFC 300 – a battle he was en path to successful regardless.

Within the remaining 10 seconds, Holloway lured Gaethje into the center of the octagon to throw down, leading to an iconic last-second knockout. Cormier praised Holloway’s general efficiency, not simply his knockout.

“Watching Max Holloway in there, it was by no means extra clear that you simply can not let him get into his rhythm,” Cormier stated on his ESPN present “Good Man/Dangerous Man” with Chael Sonnen. “Max Holloway, when he will get into his rhythm, he’s a handful. We’ve got seen him make guys like ‘The Korean Zombie,’ Brian Ortega, we now have seen him make Jose Aldo and now Justin Gaethje, he made all of them appear regular.

“These will not be regular athletes. These are assassins. When he will get to flowing, you possibly can’t stick with him. You’ve obtained to disrupt his rhythm very early. Even when it’s simply kicking at his legs like Volkanovski did in battle No. 1 to not permit for him to get going. I really feel like, when watching Max Holloway, who’s certainly one of my greatest buds, in there this weekend, this man was floating.”

Cormier labeled Holloway’s knockout as probably the most unbelievable second in UFC historical past.

“Max may’ve been knocked out,” Cormier stated. “So, the chance vs. the reward. In the end, the reward paying off in the way in which that it did, that’s the largest holy sh*t second I’ve ever seen in UFC historical past.”