Topuria agrees to fight Holloway next: “It’s clear for me”

Former featherweight champion Max Holloway. Photo via Twitter (UFC)

Saturday’s UFC 300 delivered everything it promised and then some. When the dust has settled, it’s clear that Max Holloway is the biggest winner of the massive event.

After moving up in weight to knock out the scary Justin Gaethje in cinematic fashion, he pocketed a historic 600.000 dollar bonus. In the aftermath it seem like he also put himself in a position where he can fight for the featherweight title again.

“It’s clear for me, my next fight is against Max Holloway,” featherweight champion Ilia Topuria said (Spanish translation via ESPN’s Carlos Contreras Legaspi).

“Congratulations and enjoy tonight, but after fighting me he will have to go back in the line.”

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Max Holloway is one of the best to ever do it

Max Holloway is widely regarded as one of the best featherweights ever. If he could win back his old title from Topuria he would cement his postition as perhaps the greatest 145er of all time.

“What am I going to say? What if he goes to the back of the line? So at the end of the day, we find out. Like I said, we’ve got questions,” Holloway said at the UFC 300 post-fight press conference when told of Topuria’s response.

“This guy is a world champion, he’s a killer, but like I said all fight week, we’ve got questions. There’s a lot of questions about the guy and I want to figure that out.”

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