Max Holloway Earns $600,000 In Bonuses At UFC 300

UFC 300 was a spectacular evening for Max Holloway. Not solely did the previous UFC featherweight champion seize the (symbolic) BMF title with a last-second knockout over Justin Gaethje, however Holloway earned himself an additional $600,000 in bonuses for his efforts.

Within the lead-up to Saturday’s UFC 300 combat card, UFC CEO Dana White introduced that the fight-night bonus awards can be elevated from the standard $50,000 for the occasions to a historic excessive of $300,000. Holloway and Gaethje, who’re each identified for his or her all-action kinds, have been instantly seen because the front-runners to seize a share of these bonuses.

The matchup between Holloway and Gaethje, a former interim UFC light-weight champion, was contested on the light-weight restrict of 155 kilos. Gaethje’s BMF title was on the road. The bout passed off on the pay-per-view portion of the UFC 300 combat card.

Holloway’s boxing expertise proved an excessive amount of for Gaethje all through the combat. Holloway landed 181 important strikes all through the bout. The previous 145-pound champion used a really balanced assault in choosing aside his opponent, touchdown 34 % of his strikes to Gaethje’s head, 34 % to the physique, and 31 % to the legs. Gaethje, in the meantime, scored on 51 % of his important strikes.

Holloway did an outstanding job of preventing at his vary and tempo through the five-round battle, by no means permitting Gaethje a sustained run of offense. Gaethje did rating what gave the impression to be a flash knockdown within the fourth spherical of the scrap, however the official scorers didn’t credit score him with a knockdown.

The spotlight of the combat got here because the clock ticked down within the fifth and last spherical. With the combat nearing its finish, Holloway pointed to the middle of the Octagon, indicating that he wished Gaethje to have interaction him in a slugfest within the contest’s last seconds. Gaethje obliged, and because the two threw down, Holloway linked with a devastating proper hand that dropped Gaethje to his face with one second left within the combat.

After the combat, the UFC awarded the scrap “Combat of the Evening” honors. Holloway additionally picked up a “Efficiency of the Evening” bonus.

When requested, on the post-fight press convention why he would danger what was a positive resolution victory, Holloway replied, “That that is the second. That that is what BMFs is thought for – the baddest mother-effer… If that’s not a BMF second, I don’t know what’s. If the playing cards have been flipped and Justin felt like he was up, I do know he would give me that 10-second shot. He’s a foul man, and I don’t know if I’m ever gonna share the octagon with him once more. He’s a legend.

“That is the kind of stuff you do to etch your identify within the historical past books. I’m simply pleased that I used to be the one touchdown. He missed some photographs, and I used to be getting damage by the wind of his photographs. That’s how laborious he hits.”

When the combat ended at 4:59 of Spherical 5, Holloway was forward of Gaethje on all three scorecards, 39- 37.

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