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Max Holloway brands BMF championship fight with Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 ‘The people’s main event’

Max Holloway brands BMF title fight with Justin Gaethje people's main event at UFC 300 Former undisputed featherweight champion, Max Holloway claims that no matter the placement of his BMF title clash with Justin…

Former undisputed featherweight champion, Max Holloway claims that no matter the placement of his BMF title clash with Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 in April – their bout will most definitely viewed as the ‘People’s main event’.

Holloway, the current number one featherweight champion, is slated to make his sophomore outing at the lightweight limit at UFC 300, competing for the symbolic BMF championship in a much-anticipated showdown with former interim lightweight best, Gaethje.

Minting himself as the symbolic gold holder at UFC 291 back in July, Gaethje rallied to stop common-foe, Dustin Poirier with a spectacular second round high-kick knockout win in Salt Lake City.

Max Holloway talks BMF showdown with Justin Gaethje

And calling his shot for a challenge at BMF spoils in April, Hawaiian fan-favorite, Holloway claims his bout with fellow favorite, Gaethje will take main event honors – at least in the eyes of the fans.

“Whenever myself or (Justin) Gaethje’s on the card, I think most of the time it’s the people’s main event,” Max Holloway told MMA Fighting during a recent interview. “They know what they get. When you see us on the card, you know what you’re going to get. You’re going to get the bang for your buck.”

“With everybody being booked at our different weight classes, it only made sense to have a BMF fight and be here and putting us on a huge card,” Max Holloway explained. “I’m excited to share the Octagon with a guy like Gaethje. He’s definitely going to be a Hall of Famer. It’s what BMF’s do. They take fights, they fight each other, and they show the world what’s up.”

In the midst of a two-fight winning run, Holloway most recently turned in a blistering knockout win over former title challenger, Chan Sung Jung in the main event of UFC Fight Night Singapore back in August. The win came off the back of a decision win over English contender, Arnold Allen in another main event clash.

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Max Holloway backed to land shock win over Justin Gaethje in BMF title clash at UFC 300: ‘He’s a big guy’

Former undisputed featherweight champion, Max Holloway has received the backing of former two-time foe, Dustin Poirier to land what…

Former undisputed featherweight champion, Max Holloway has received the backing of former two-time foe, Dustin Poirier to land what would come as a shocking win over soon-to-be common-opponent, Justin Gaethje in the pair’s BMF title fight at UFC 300 – with Poirier touting the Hawaiian’s apparent overlooked stature.

Holloway, a former undisputed featherweight champion, is slated to make his return to the lightweight limit at UFC 300 in a symbolic BMF title fight with newly-minted champion and former interim titleholder, Gaethje.

Winning the symbolic crown back in July of last year at UFC 291, Gaethje stopped the aforenoted, Poirier with a stunning second round high-kick KO – avenging his knockout loss to the Lafayette native in the pair’s rematch.

Max Holloway back to topple Justin Gaethje at UFC 300

And yet to feature at the lightweight limit since his second career loss to Poirier in the pair’s interim lightweight championship fight back in 2019, Holloway has been backed by the former to beat Gaethje at UFC 300 in April – with Poirier highlighting the apparent size of Max Holloway compared to Justin Gaethje.

“I respect both guys,” Dustin Poirier told MMA Fighting. “Both guys are great fighters. I think I would put money on Max (Holloway), just him being the dog. I see a lot of people online saying that, ‘Max is going to be undersized.’ Max is a big guy.”

“Him and (Justin) Gaethje probably walk around at the same weight,” Poirier explained. “Max isn’t a small guy. And the striking, the time of Max, his range, his durability – it’s a coin toss. But if I was betting, I would bet [on] Max.”

Himself booked for his own return to the Octagon – finally, Poirier takes on surging French contender, Benoit Saint-Denis in a five round co-main event bout at UFC 299 in March in Miami, Florida.

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UFC lightweight champ Islam Makhachev confirms summer 2024 return: ‘I have to defend my belt’

Islam Makhachev is eyeing a return to the Octagon in the summer of 2024. The reigning UFC lightweight world…

Islam Makhachev is eyeing a return to the Octagon in the summer of 2024.

The reigning UFC lightweight world champion was last seen in October scoring his second-straight victory over featherweight titleholder Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294. Effectively closing out his rivalry with ‘The Great,’ Makhachev is ready for a fresh matchup at 155.

Speaking with MMA Squad, the ‘Dagestani Destroyer’ revealed that his next fight is being targeted for June or July of this year.

“June/July I have next fight,” Makhachev said I did just one training every day, nothing like hard. But I’m still training everyday because I am a champion, I have to defend my belt, I have to be ready.”

Makhachev was originally scheduled to run it back with his UFC 280 opponent — Charles Oliveira — last year in Abu Dhabi, but ‘Do Bronx’ sustained a cut while training, forcing him out of the contest. Volkanovski stepped in on 11 days’ notice and suffered the consequences via a first-round KO.

With Oliveira competing against Arman Tsarukyan in a lightweight title eliminator at UFC 300, Justin Gaethje has emerged as the favorite to face Makhachev for the 155-pound crown next.

Gaethje will also be in action at the promotion’s next big landmark event on April 13, defending his BMF title against former world champion Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway. Whether ‘The Highlight’ wins or loses, it will likely not affect his status as the next man in line for Makhachev, but as they say in MMA — anything can happen.

Justin Gaethje responds to Rafael Fiziev’s claim that he ‘ran away for two rounds’ during their UFC 286 fight

Justin Gaethje disagrees with Rafael Fiziev’s assessment of their entertaining clash at UFC 286. During a recent interview with…

Justin Gaethje disagrees with Rafael Fiziev’s assessment of their entertaining clash at UFC 286.

During a recent interview with John Hyon Ko for The AllStar, Fiziev reflected on his fight with Gaethje and accused ‘The Highlight’ of only finding success during their scrap due to an eye poke that severely affected his vision for the remainder of the bout.

“He ran away from me for two rounds!” Fiziev said. “He started to (beat) me only after eye poke, because my eye (couldn’t) see anything. There was a big white circle on my right eye all fight. I didn’t see anything with my right eye. He fought only good after the eye poke and round three when I started to tire.

“But he ran away two rounds. He run, run, run. Yeah, maybe my gameplan was sh*t and I did a lot of sh*t in this fight; didn’t listen to my corner, didn’t follow my gameplan. But still, he ran away for two rounds.”

Gaethje, who walked away from the fight with a majority decision victory and snapped Fiziev’s six-fight win streak, recently reacted to the comments, suggesting that he hit ‘Ataman’ so hard that he forgot the facts of the fight.

“Not a good look here,” Gaethje wrote in response to the clip on X. “I hit him so hard he forgot which eye got poked. Your right eye got torched by my right hand kid.”

Rafael Fiziev came up short in his follow-up fight against Mateusz Gamrot after suffering a leg injury in the second round in September. On the flip side, Gaethje earned a second-straight victory via a highlight-reel-worthy KO of Dustin Poirier at UFC 291 to claim the BMF title.

He puts the bragging-rights belt on the line at UFC 300 on April 13 when he meets featherweight fan favorite and former world champion Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway.

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Justin Gaethje will put the beating of a lifetime on Max Holloway at UFC 300: ‘I promise you that’

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Justin Gaethje is ready to break the unbreakable Max Holloway.

On Saturday, April 13, ‘The Highlight’ will put his BMF title on the line against the former featherweight world champion in one of the most exciting fights announced for UFC 300. Holloway goes into the bout having gone toe-to-toe with some of the biggest names in the game, including Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor, Charles Oliveira, Jose Aldo, and Alexander Volkanovski on three separate occasions.

And not once in his 12 years competing inside the Octagon has ‘Blessed’ ever been knocked out. That’s a streak Justin Gaethje has every intention of breaking when the two meet at what is shaping up to be the biggest event in UFC history.

“I have 25 wins and 20 knockouts, I’m pretty proud of that,” Gaethje told ESPN. “That’s one thing I tried to sustain throughout my career, purposefully. So yeah, that’s something that I’m shooting for. Same thing with Tony Ferguson. Nobody had ever finished him. I didn’t knock him out in a traditional way, but I certainly created enough damage for that fight to be rightfully stopped.

“I would rather not get there [at UFC 300], I promise you that. This could be a war, a battle of attrition. If I can’t find him, then I can’t hurt him. He never stops. He’s constantly creating angles and constantly creating pressure and it could be a tough fight” (h/t MMA Mania).

Gaethje’s shellacking of ‘El Cucuy’ at UFC 249 has had a lasting effect on Tony Ferguson. The former interim lightweight titleholder has not won a single fight since, amassing a near-record-breaking seven-fight losing streak.

Holloway will be moving up to lightweight for his BMF clash with Gaethje for the first time since suffering a decision defeat against Dustin Poirier at UFC 236 in 2019. ‘Blessed’ scored a third-round KO against The Korean Zombie in his last outing this past August.