Daniel Cormier was in awe of Max Holloway’s efficiency in opposition to Justin Gaethje.
Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) knocked out Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) within the final second to assert the BMF title Saturday at UFC 300 – a struggle he was en path to successful regardless.
Within the last 10 seconds, Holloway lured Gaethje into the center of the octagon to throw down, leading to an iconic last-second knockout. Cormier praised Holloway’s general efficiency, not simply his knockout.
“Watching Max Holloway in there, it was by no means extra clear that you just can’t let him get into his rhythm,” Cormier stated on his ESPN present “Good Man/Unhealthy Man” with Chael Sonnen. “Max Holloway, when he will get into his rhythm, he’s a handful. We’ve seen him make guys like ‘The Korean Zombie,’ Brian Ortega, we have now seen him make Jose Aldo and now Justin Gaethje, he made all of them appear regular.
“These will not be regular athletes. These are assassins. When he will get to flowing, you may’t stick with him. You’ve obtained to disrupt his rhythm very early. Even when it’s simply kicking at his legs like Volkanovski did in struggle No. 1 to not permit for him to get going. I really feel like, when watching Max Holloway, who’s certainly one of my finest buds, in there this weekend, this man was floating.”
Cormier labeled Holloway’s knockout as probably the most unimaginable second in UFC historical past.
“Max might’ve been knocked out,” Cormier stated. “So, the danger vs. the reward. In the end, the reward paying off in the way in which that it did, that’s the greatest holy sh*t second I’ve ever seen in UFC historical past.”
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