Delivering one of the crucial thrilling end within the historical past of the Octagon earlier this 12 months, symbolic BMF champion, Max Holloway has urged followers to tune in for a equally beautiful stoppage at UFC 308 later this annum — as he takes on Ilia Topuria for the undisputed featherweight crown.
Holloway, a former undisputed featherweight titleholder underneath the banner of the promotion, is ready to return to motion in two months time on the finish of October, travelling to Abu Dhabi, UAE to tackle the unbeaten, Topuria in an undisputed featherweight championship conflict.
Final day out, the Hawaiian favourite would land a spectacular buzzer-beating win over then-BMF champion, Justin Gaethje on the principle card of UFC 300 again in April — flattening the Arizona native with an enormous hook within the pocket, sending him to the canvas face-first.
As for Georgian-Spaniard, Topuria, the undefeated featherweight minted himself as undisputed gold holder again in February, felling common-opponent, Alexander Volkanovski with a vicious second spherical knockout — handing the Australian his first blemish on the featherweight restrict as well.
Max Holloway guarantees one other spectacle in UFC 308 title struggle
And predicting one other thrilling evening of motion on ‘Combat Island’ later this 12 months of their UFC 308 headliner, Holloway vowed to land one other beautiful win, this time taking out Topuria.
“Each struggle camp, it’s me versus me,” Max Holloway mentioned on his official YouTube channel. “I bought to go on the market and I’ll outdo myself in each struggle camp, you realize?”
Everyone thought UFC 300 was wonderful, wait until they get to see the end result of UFC 308, it’s going to be a very good one,” Max Holloway continued.
Earlier this month, Topuia issued an analogous phrase of warning to Holloway — claiming the matchup with the ex-champion is tailored for his putting experience.
“If he’s (Max Holloway) going to convey the identical vitality he brings within the final 10 seconds of each spherical, when he doest his (level to floor), I’m going to knock him out within the first spherical,” Ilia Topuria mentioned. “As a result of within the second he’s going to cease within the center and begin to change and punches with me. I like to recommend him to make use of a helmet, as a result of he’s going to wish.”
If he does it, even higher for me,” Ilia Topuria defined. “Perhaps I’m going to level to the bottom. Perhaps I’ll do all that as a result of I’m going to really feel so comfy in that struggle as a result of I’m telling you, ever time I see him struggle I’m like, ‘Everybody goes to be shocked once I knock him out,’ as a result of I see him as luke such a simple matchup for me. If he thinks that I’m not proper, show me flawed. We’re going to be in the identical Octagon, October 26. show me flawed.”
