max got greedy and tried to get a ko like justin

[Ballsaque]

Never in my life, I've felt depressed about someone losing a match or a fight...but fuck man, watching one of my fav fighters Max Holloway
loosing broke my heart I'm sure if he fights Ilia again, he can beat the shit out of him, Justin Ko made him greedy in the ilia fight.

He did not respected ilias power and got KOed

No he didnt what so ever. What are you talking about? He literally got hit while backing up.

 

[Ballsaque]

Yeah, Ilia was/is just better than Max. Max will run away to 155. Volk and now Ilia beat him 9 out of 10 times. With them ruling the roost, new up and comers, and the knowledge that he can no longer rely on his chin to guarantee not being KO/TKO'd...there is no point in him staying. He'll get slaughtered at 155. Justin is pissed and wants revenge. Poirier beats him 9 out of 10 times. There are beasts at 155. Look for Max to never get a legit win again.

Ah yes, as people are know to do... Run away to a heavier and more competitive weightclass

 

[Substance Abuse]

Max fought well. Until he wasn't fighting at all. I don't think he was too worried about the leg kicks, as he's used to his lead leg being abused (Volk and Yair fights being a good example), and he got up from the TD early, not allowing Topuria to do much with it.

He won round one cleanly, in my opinion, and R2 was relatively close. He landed a great spinning back kick in R2 to the body which caused Ilia to disengage for the last ten seconds and put his hands up the side, after using a very effective jab in the round as well. He was also up on overall strikes in R1 and R2.

Still, in between Max moving forward, Ilia began to adjust, the hand speed and power difference evident. Max seemed to take some heavy shots really well in R2 as Topuria shifted his timing off of Max's forward movement, which caused Max to slow down a bit and move backwards at times. It was just that shot down the pipe that landed on the button in R3. It probably would have hurt just about anyone in the class hit with it, and in the pocket, with Max's back against the cage - which is something he needed to avoid at all costs - while he was hurt, he got hit with a bomb. Shit happens. Props to Topuria. You can't teach power and speed, and together, they're a lethal combination.

Overall, I don't think Max really did much wrong outside of backing up and exchanging once he was hurt.

 

[Hog-train]

Did Max get completely knocked out or was it a TKO?

 

[JakePaulMMA]

Ronda Rousey could have beaten Ilia under the right circumstances, and there's nothing anyone can say or do to prove that wrong!

 

[wwkirk]

Did Max get completely knocked out or was it a TKO?

Looked like a TKO to me, but it's officially a KO. I don't know why.

 

[KamalaForever]

He was trying he just couldn't pull it off