Max Holloway is looking counterfeit on Ilia Topuria’s just lately shared Baddest Motherf*cker (BMF) title.
The precise BMF titleholder, Holloway, gained the strap in his final outing at Light-weight in opposition to the fearsome contender and now-former BMF champion, Justin Gaethje, at UFC 300 in April 2024 (watch highlights). Nonetheless, confusion arose when the undisputed Featherweight champion, Topuria, just lately posted a video of himself on Twitter with each titles.
Holloway, 32, got here to the clear conclusion that “El Matador” went and bought himself a reproduction. What’s it they are saying? “For the ‘gram?”
“That was bizarre, bro. This man really purchased one,” Holloway informed The Mac Life. “That’s subsequent degree, bro. I’m like, how did he get it? He needed to have purchased it as a result of there’s solely a pair originals and the blokes who gained it have the originals so he needed to have purchased one.
“On the finish of the day, he’s an odd dude,” he continued. “He’s an odd fella. Hey, no matter will get him going. No matter confidence he wants. I would like one of the best Ilia. Go purchase a pair extra BMF belts. Go purchase a pair extra UFC belts. No matter you need to do. Simply preserve that very same vitality when it comes Oct. 26.”
It is going to be Topuria’s first title protection because the champion when he and the previous champion, Holloway, collide in UFC 308’s foremost occasion subsequent month (Sat., Oct. 26, 2024). Topuria, 27, scored a formidable second spherical knockout of the all-time nice, Alexander Volkanovski, to assert the throne at UFC 298 in February 2024 (watch highlights).
Whereas the Gaethje win prolonged Holloway’s general profitable streak to 3 (26-7), he’s gained two straight at Featherweight over the likes of Arnold Allen and Chan Sung Jung.
