Max Holloway is being showered with reward for his UFC 300 KO.
The previous featherweight champion earned a $600,000 bonus as he stole the present by brutally stopping Justin Gaethje within the remaining second of their BMF title struggle on Saturday evening.
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Commentator Joe Rogan, who himself held back tears before the momentous event, instantly hailed Holloway’s end as one of the best in UFC historical past and began a debate amongst followers concerning the greatest KOs of all time.
As that dialog rages on, talkSPORT’s Adam Catterall, who watched the struggle dwell in Las Vegas, talked up Holloway for producing the ‘biggest’ UFC second of all time.
Throughout a dialog with former PFL champion Brendan Loughnane on talkSPORT MMA’s Uncaged podcast, the fight sports activities reporter heaped reward on ‘Blessed’.
“The massive story is Max Holloway, let’s not mess about,” Catterall started.
“Boy, did Max ship. It wasn’t essentially concerning the final 15 seconds, it was a clinic from begin to end.
“However we’ll begin in the back of the struggle is it the best second in UFC historical past?”
Loughnane, who’s days away from a struggle with Pedro Carvalho at PFL 3, misplaced his thoughts when he noticed Holloway ship Gaethje crashing face-first to the ground with one second left on the clock.
He stated: “I used to be in some random pub in Chicago working round like a lunatic.
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“You need to have seen me doing circles across the pool desk, it was a type of moments, wasn’t it?
“The entire place was going mad, I can’t think about what it was wish to be there.
“So, it undoubtedly ranked up there. I’m making an attempt to think about a greater second, and I can’t after watching the game for my entire life.”
Catterall highlighted Conor McGregor’s win over Jose Aldo and Leon Edwards KO’ing Kamaru Usman as potential options earlier than explaining why Holloway’s win is totally different.
He added: “Max Holloway was stepping up in weight to tackle the BMF, Justin Gaethje, who’s in a little bit of a purple patch proper now.
“He’s flying, simply knocked out Dustin Poirier and overwhelmed Rafael Fiziev in good vogue. Primary contender at light-weight, he’s going to be preventing Islam Makhchev.
“Everybody thought ‘The Spotlight’ was going to ship a spotlight.”
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Loughnane hasn’t at all times been a fan of the BMF belt however says the ultimate seconds of Holloway vs Gaethje helped him realise why it’s such an incredible addition to the game.
The Manchester man loves the actual fact it permits fighters like Holloway to shine.
“It is not Holloway’s first rodeo,” Loughnane stated.
“I’ve seen him do it towards [Riccardo] Lamas and some different folks. It’s one thing in that Hawaiian warrior spirit the place he’s identical to, ‘I’m going to provide you an opportunity to degree this up’.
“Do you assume he cared he was up three rounds? He didn’t care. Do you assume he cared how a lot cash was on the road? He didn’t care.
“All he cared about was that second proper there within the final 10 seconds, ‘Let’s get the gang going and if I lose, I lose.’
“That embodies what the BMF actually is. That’s what that title was made for, for moments like that, for particular fighters like him.”
Holloway is open to defending his newly acquired title in a rematch with McGregor however accepts he’ll most certainly return towards featherweight champion Ilia Topuria later this yr.
Whoever he fights subsequent, you may be positive Catterall, Loughnane and a bunch of latest MMA followers will probably be tuning in hoping he’ll create one other iconic UFC second.
