Max Holloway, who defeated Justin Gaethje at UFC 300, hasn't ruled out a possible fight against current lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.
On Saturday, April 13th, “Blessed” will step into the Octagon for what many are calling the People's Main Event. The former featherweight titleholder will take on another fan favorite inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as he looks to capture the promotion's coveted belt, the BMF title.
But a victory over “The Highlight” alone won't earn Holloway a new belt to hang on his mantle. It could also catapult him into the top five of the lightweight division and set him up for a potential shot at the division's highest ranking.
“I'm in a position right now to take on Gaethje first and foremost, but if I can go out there and get my hands up like I'm planning on, there's a lot of fights in our favor. There must be one. One of them is [155 pound] I think the championship will be fun.” Holloway told Kevin Iall in a recent interview..
This will be Max Holloway's second time fighting at lightweight, his first being against Dustin Poirier at UFC 236, and it will be exactly five years since he returned to the lightweight division later this month.
At 'Blessed', his 13-fight winning streak was halted at the hands of 'The Diamond', dropping him to 145 straight wins in a classic trilogy with Alexander Volkanovski.
Justin Gaethje believes Max Holloway will be too strong for his own good at UFC 300
As for Max Holloway's UFC 300 opponent, Justin Gaethje is effectively set up for Makhachev's final shot at lightweight gold, but a loss to 'Blessed' would put a wrinkle in those plans. there is a possibility. 'The Highlight' has won four of his past six fights, with two losses coming against then-champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Charles Oliveira, with the showdown with 'The Destroyer of Dagestan' clinching UFC gold. It is almost certain that this will be the last chance.
No stranger to dangerous situations, Gaethje plans to use the canvas of the Octagon to paint a masterpiece of violence and mayhem in Holloway's blood at UFC 300.
“Max Holloway is a legend and probably the only guy on the UFC roster that ticks all the boxes of being a BMF, so I have a lot of respect for him,” Gaethje said in a promo video for the upcoming fight. I spoke inside. “But this is my job and I'm going to mess him up. I'm going to finish Max off. He may not go away in the traditional way, but where the doctors need to stop him. I think it's damaging to the. We're trying to paint a violent picture, and there's no one better to go out there and put on a show.”
