Holloway would stand in the center and throwdown with Topuria too

[LeBron]

Doesn't doing it at the start also stop it from going to the judges?

Anyone can get clipped during those exchanges, why throw away weeks worth of training for that? At the end of a hard fight it’s less likely to happen but makes things interesting and more worth the gamble.

 

[Trace pyott]

People saying he only does it when winning are proving how much of a warrior he is. He could easily coast to victory by being elusive but he throws caution to the wind and tries to entertain the fans by banging it out. Is it smart? Prob not, but he def is a warrior.

 

[wolffanghameha]

This, im sorry but Max only does it when he knows his opponent is done. Topuria invited him in the center when both were still fresh in a fair situation and Max pus*ied out. He also didnt do it when Poirier beat the living sh** out of him or when Volk beat the sh** out of him when they fought before. He does it to an already dead horse, not when there is any danger.

Topuria gave him the chance to man up and do it vs someone who wasnt gassed, beat up and mentally not there anymore and Max showed his true colours…

He's always done it against people he's winning against. So it's also giving them a chance to win, while risking his win.

Why do it at the start? He said before hand he wouldn't and it would be boring. Two guys will great skills, why do I want to see them throw that all out the window at the beginning?

 

[Koro_11]

The Max hate is crazy, god damn Topuria fan girls.

Nah, the people who hate Max will try to convince you he should fight Ilia again.

The people who care about his well being will talk him off that ledge.

 

[chinarice]

Ilia was willing to risk his win to give Max a chance to win at the beginning. Ilia is such a fucking warrior. Gave Max the best chance he had of winning the fight when he didn't even have to then still knocked him out.

BMF personified.

 

[Geniusss]

Topuria also put the real FW belt on the line.

Isn't that what every single champ is supposed to do?

 

[ShadowRun]

Max is a fucking monster but Topiua has HW power

 

[xhaydenx]

Isn't that what every single champ is supposed to do?

Yeh, but Max refused to put the BMF on the line. And before it all he was saying that the BMF is an "anyone, anywhere, anytime sort of thing."

Turns out he meant anyone except Topuria lol.

 

[bjjwar]

Those are fights Max is winning anyway. He's giving his opponent a chance albeit a small one. Would you rather he just gets on his bike and coasts out the win? People love to find a reason to hate.

He does that because in his last 12 fighte if you take out the Korean Zombie’s corpse he would have 0 finishes and he knows it looks bad and means he has 0 power. He finished Gaethje thx to that shameful cowardly « trick ».

So he tries to lure in an already dead horse to get a finish. Topuria gave him the chance to do it when both were fresh and in a fair situation and he ran away knowing in that case he would prob have gotten KTFO. With a gassed, beat up fighter, there is 0 danger for him…

 

[pamirec]

That remains to be seen, Ilia is probably also a lot more powerful at 155 than 145.

Yeah, Ilia’s more powerful at 155 too. Like I said, Max does better at 155 considering he won’t struggle with weight cut, but probably just not good enough to win the fight.

 

[Harlekin]

Max is cool and all, but he started this by being a skeleton at 145, which leads to crazy cardio -> less muscle mass - less oxygen needed.

 

[Goat Poster]

Those were the firsr 10 seconds, Max does it at the LAST 10 seconds, after putting on a show for the fans for 5 rounds

Ilia: I wanted to stand in the center!!

Max: Then you shouldn't have Knocked me the fuck out!

 

[Substance Abuse]

Yeh, but Max refused to put the BMF on the line. And before it all he was saying that the BMF is an "anyone, anywhere, anytime sort of thing."

Turns out he meant anyone except Topuria lol.

The UFC refused to put the belt on the line. They dictate that. You're being disingenuous.

He does that because in his last 12 fighte if you take out the Korean Zombie’s corpse he would have 0 finishes and he knows it looks bad and means he has 0 power. He finished Gaethje thx to that shameful cowardly « trick ».

So he tries to lure in an already dead horse to get a finish. Topuria gave him the chance to do it when both were fresh and in a fair situation and he ran away knowing in that case he would prob have gotten KTFO. With a gassed, beat up fighter, there is 0 danger for him…

Max did the same thing with Arnold Allen who wasn't gassed and dropped him. Herb Dean is one of the worst refs of all time. He should have stopped that Kattar fight. Salty on that end of the keyboard? Lol

 

[chardog]

The Max hate is crazy, god damn Topuria fan girls.

I dont see it as max hate, the comparison to Topuria is a joke, hence this foolish thread. Max would never make it to the final 10 with toperia, he'd be asleep before that.

 

[Khaosan]

I dont see it as max hate, the comparison to Topuria is a joke, hence this foolish thread. Max would never make it to the final 10 with toperia, he'd be asleep before that.

You're right, no one has won a rematch ever.

 

[xhaydenx]

The UFC refused to put the belt on the line. They dictate that. You're being disingenuous.

Yeh, because Max was whining about not wanting it to be on the line from the start.

He can't sit there and say that the BMF belt is an "anyone, anytime, anywhere sort of thing" and then refuse the moment someone tells him to bring the BMF in a fight they literally had scheduled.

Max should have been pushing it from the moment Topuria started running his mouth about it. And a true BMF would have just handed Topuria the belt at the end of the fight regardless of what the UFC wanted.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Yeh, because Max was whining about not wanting it to be on the line from the start.

He can't sit there and say that the BMF belt is an "anyone, anytime, anywhere sort of thing" and then refuse the moment someone tells him to bring the BMF in a fight they literally had scheduled.

Max should have been pushing it from the moment Topuria started running his mouth about it. And a true BMF would have just handed Topuria the belt at the end of the fight regardless of what the UFC wanted.

I think you're living on fantasy island. The UFC created the belt. They assign the title shots. Talking to a brick fucking wall here.

 

[prime_lobov]

In retrospect the high-IQ move for Max against Topuria was to throw down in the first 10 seconds. At least then he would have a chance to land something in a wild brawl instead of being systematically outclassed by Ilia’s superior boxing and then put to sleep.

 

[xhaydenx]

I think you're living on fantasy island. The UFC created the belt. They assign the title shots. Talking to a brick fucking wall here.

Mate, Max said that stuff. It's not fantasy lol.

Handing that BMF belt over at the end would have been the last chance Max had to do anything BMF in that whole thing, instead he looked even worse when Topuria just walked out with the BMF belt anyway.

You want to hold the prestigious BMF belt you gotta live that life all the time. Max chose not to.

Now, no one accepts Max at the BMF champ. Even JDM is saying it's his. The difference between Topuria and Max though, is that Topuria would get in there and defend it against JDM while Max would just make excuses.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Mate, Max said that stuff. It's not fantasy lol.

Handing that BMF belt over at the end would have been the last chance Max had to do anything BMF in that whole thing, instead he looked even worse when Topuria just walked out with the BMF belt anyway.

You want to hold the prestigious BMF belt you gotta live that life all the time. Max chose not to.

Now, no one accepts Max at the BMF champ. Even JDM is saying it's his. The difference between Topuria and Max though, is that Topuria would get in there and defend it against JDM while Max would just make excuses.

I think I'm going to start referring to you guys as Tardpurias. It's got a nice ring to it.