Ilia Topuria Revealed Whether BMF Title Would Be On The Line At UFC 308

UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria is going to fight the UFC BMF champion Max Holloway at UFC 308. Max Holloway, who in his career so far held the featherweight title for some time in the UFC, proved his worth to get one more shot to the title by knocking out the former BMF champion Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 and the way he got the victory against the “Highlight” became one of the wildest moments ever happened in the UFC. Max Holloway pointed Gaethje to do some exchanges on feet with 10 seconds left in the fight and knocked Gaethje out cold to earn the BMF title.

Max Holloway called out Ilia Topuria during the post-fight interview, and the UFC accepted the call to fix a fight between these two at UFC 308. Before the bout, there were rumors that the BMF title would be on the line at UFC 308, but Ilia Topuria revealed before the bout that it would be for the featherweight title instead of BMF. For the featherweight champion, it doesn’t matter anymore, as he is eyeing a knockout at the main event.

“No, the BMF title is not going to be on the line… To be honest, I don’t care. They took that decision and at the end of the day it’s like, when I’m going to beat him, he can’t say he’s a BMF or however they want to call him. I’m just concentrating on my title defense and that’s it. I don’t care about anything else.
Ilia Topuria said at MMA Junkie

“El Matador” is yet to be defeated in his professional career. The way he knocked out Alexander Volkanovski in the second round by throwing a right hook that sent Volkanovski to the Shadow realm, the same happened to Justin Gaethje, who was knocked out by Max Holloway with his perfect right hook in round 5 of the fight. Both are good on their feet and no matter who wins, it will be a treat for the fight fans.