Max Holloway says it’s “loopy’ that Justin Gaethje wasn’t credited with knocking him down of their BMF title battle at UFC 300.
Holloway (26-7 MMA) squared off with Gaethje (25-5 MMA) in a extremely anticipated light-weight battle earlier this month at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Heading into the battle, ‘The Spotlight’ had expressed his want to turn into the primary man to knockdown ‘Blessed’ in an MMA battle. Holloway had in fact entered the competition having gone 32 skilled fights with out ever being knocked down from a strike.
Though Max Holloway completely dominated Justin Gaethje earlier than in the end scoring one of many craziest knockouts in UFC historical past with one second left within the fifth and last spherical, there was a second in spherical 4 that ‘The Spotlight’ clipped ‘Blessed’ and compelled him right down to the canvas.
When the knockdown initially occurred, ‘X‘ was flooded by feedback from followers and analysts acknowledging that Gaethje had simply knocked down Holloway for the primary time in his profession. Nevertheless, on the official stats sheet, ‘The Spotlight’ was not credited with a knockdown and thus Holloway’s streak stays intact.
Throughout his current look on the Joe Rogan Expertise, Max Holloway weighed in on the incident and mentioned it was “loopy” that the UFC didn’t credit score Justin Gaethje with what was an apparent knockdown.
“It didn’t depend as a drop, which is loopy! ESPN is posting and saying like in nonetheless many fights I’m with the UFC, I nonetheless didn’t get dropped. That’s some bullsh*t. Give Justin that one. Like, I’ll take it, you recognize what I imply? However I wouldn’t be a person sitting right here and telling you that he didn’t.”
Max Holloway continued (h/t MMAJunkie):
“Bro, I don’t even bear in mind getting hit with that punch. After which I sat, and I got here again up. I used to be like, ‘What the – what did he simply hit me with?’ You understand what I imply? I used to be like, ‘Holy sh*t!’ I used to be like, ‘That was a superb punch.’
“Then after I rewatched it, he hit me like proper on the highest of my dome. I used to be like, ‘Holy smack, brother. This man smacks.’ I used to be wonderful as quickly as I bought up, however it was a type of like, ‘Increase.’ The legs simply give out. Like, I used to be nonetheless there, even after I was standing, I used to be taking a look at him. However I don’t know the way that didn’t depend as a drop. I don’t know what they depend as a drop. … That was loopy.”
Along with his emphatic victory at UFC 300, Max Holloway is now positioned for a future title battle with present UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria. The Hawaiian and the Spaniard have gone backwards and forwards over a possible battle, with ‘El Matador’ suggesting he’ll solely settle for the bout if Holloway places his BMF title on the road.