Dana White on Max Holloway knockout: ‘Ultimate holy sh*t moment’

LAS VEGAS – Like many, Dana White was amped up by what he witnessed Saturday night time at UFC 300.

UFC 300 had some superior finishes, however there was one second specifically that stole the present: Max Holloway’s brutal knockout of Justin Gaethje.

Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC), a former featherweight champion, moved as much as 155 kilos to combat Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) for his BMF (Baddest Motherf*cker) title on the principle card. The Hawaiian dominated the combat, and with 10 seconds left, he brawled with Gaethje and scored the knockout with one one punch and one second remaining. It was a loopy scene.

“What number of instances have you ever seen a combat the place a man is successful, they click on the 10-second factor, the man places his arms up, and so they run round and transfer round?” White mentioned on the UFC 300 post-fight press convention. “He’s obtained the combat received, and he’s in there with some of the harmful guys within the f*cking enterprise, and he says, ‘Let’s do that.’ And so they f*cking oblige and so they go in. One second left after which a knockout like that. That’s like film sh*t.”

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White thinks the combat and the ultimate sequence embodied the spirit of the BMF title. Though the belt has obtained some criticism, White it didn’t find yourself as a one-off after the unique matchup between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz in November 2019.

“Once we had been sitting in that room, and we created the BMF, tonight completely embodied what that belt was constructed for,” White mentioned. “There ought to be an image within the f*king dictionary once you lookup BMF. It was unbelievable. I don’t know for those who guys seen this, however that combat sucked the life out of all people tonight. The subsequent two fights, all people was sitting there, like there was this adrenaline dump.

“Folks at all times ask me what I do, I promote holy sh*t moments for a residing. That was the final word holy sh*t second of all time.”

So far as what’s subsequent for Holloway, the 32-year-old known as out each the UFC light-weight and featherweight champions – Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria. White is not sure, however no matter it’s, it is going to be huge.

“I don’t know. We’ll put one thing good collectively for him,” White mentioned. “I agree with you. He was a star coming in right here, however he took himself to a completely completely different degree after tonight. Tonight was a career-defining second.”

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