VIDEO. “It’s a fucking movie,” he wins by knockout one second from the end of his UFC fight and pockets a record sum

Max Holloway shut down his opponent on the wire. – RMC Sport screenshot

For UFC 300, which took place on the night of Saturday to Sunday near Las Vegas, the spectacle was there, like the knockout on the gong, of Max Holloway on Justin Gaethje.

It was announced as one of the most beautiful cards in the history of the UFC: the 300th of the famous combat league kept all its promises, in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Oliveira-Tsarukyan in – 70 kg, Prochazka-Rakić in – 93 kg or the main-event Pereira-Hill still in – 93 kg, only big posters. The clash between Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje, both in the Top 10 among – 70 kg, category of Frenchman Benoît Saint-Denis, was the most spectacular.

"How much do you want ? 300 000 is good", UFC boss Dana White announced the color the day before by granting, for the occasion, an exceptional bonus of $300,000 for the "Performance of the evening" and the “Fight of the Evening”. Bonuses that are usually around $50,000.

🤯🤯🤯 INCROYAAAAAABLE !!! MAX HOLLOWAY ÉTEINT COMPLÈTEMENT GAETHJE DANS LES DIX DERNIERES SECONDES DU COMBAT !!

💰 CET HOMME DOIT PRENDRE 600 000$ DE BONUS CE SOIR. pic.twitter.com/1agizQFgkP

— RMC Sport Combat (@RMCSportCombat) April 14, 2024

Enough to motivate fighters to go all the way to KO their opponent. Leading on points after dominating his opponent Justin Gaethje during the first four rounds, Hawaiian Max Holloway was keen to bring down his evening opponent. He did it, a second before the end of the fight, with a right hook, making the commentators and the audience in the room hysterical.

600 000$ for Holloway

"This is the most WTF moment in UFC history. You've already seen a guy who is sure of winning with 10 seconds to go and who, faced with one of the most dangerous guys, says to him: "Come on, let's take the piss . A knockout at the last second, it's a hell of a movie! ", reveled Dana White at a press conference at the end of the evening.

😮 "Un des moments les plus choquants de l'histoire ! Un KO à la dernière seconde, c'est un film bordel !"

💥 Dana White a été sidéré par l'atttitude dans la cage de Max "Blessed" Holloway, auteur d'un KO monumental sur Justin Gaethje. pic.twitter.com/0DInLjFrGp

— RMC Sport Combat (@RMCSportCombat) April 14, 2024

For his performance in the octagon, Max Holloway was awarded a record bonus of $600,000 by the UFC, while his opponent Justin Gaethje, for having participated in the "Fight of the evening", he was awarded $300 000.