Max was NOT knocked out. It was a TKO. His chin has not been cracked.

[Leon Edwards]

Max was not knocked out he was dropped and may have been knocked out if he took a few more shots.

 

[omawho402]

More of a TKO, but the way he was just lying there showed it was a violent TKO.

I agree that Max chin didn't crack completely, it's just Topuria hits that hard. But it will be easier for Max to get knocked out in the future as result of this I'm guessing.

 

[spinup]

I was so surprized when they announced a TKO. He was totally out, that was a legit KO.

EDIT: They did not announced a TKO, why the fuck did I remember that...

 

[AbominableJoman]

Sure thing, Max. Didn’t know you were a Rocky fan though

 

[Steve Fox]

Love Max, he was in bad shape though. I think he was out from the punches to the head when he was on the ground.

 

[jsbx45]

We'll see on that one. Max taking more damage is not a good thing. That was a violent "TKO".

 

[YEET]

I will call it a TKO, but the chin has been cracked. Max should take a while off and just make the move to 155 permanently. Less weight cutting as he gets older. Still can have fun with the BMF belt.

 

[chinarice]

Max was not knocked out he was dropped and may have been knocked out if he took a few more shots.

He was 100 percent flash KO'ed. "Not even debatable"

 

[Goodfella86]

Regardless of what it was, it's a strike against his chin and overall durability. The worst he was ever hurt was in the Poirier rematch. Against Ilia, a shot briefly stunned him. Ilia still had to pour it on, but he did. And I think those body shots really hurt Max and brought his hands down. And then, a sharp left hand put him down for the gnp finish.

He wasn't KTFO. But either KO and TKO works, like Chito/O'Malley.

 

[Streeter]

I love Max but that was a KO. He wasn't a shadow realmed but he was KOd.

 

[RockyLockridge]

holy cope,

Much like max this is how I choose to just hang out, even when I haven't been violently ko'd

 

[Leon Edwards]

I was so surprized when they announced a TKO. He was totally out, that was a legit KO.

He was not fully out

 

[Leon Edwards]

holy cope,

Much like max this is how I choose to just hang out, when I haven't been violently ko'd Which of course, is like max and thus is never apparently.

That is not what a KO is. Was he knocked unconscious? NO.

 

[Leon Edwards]

I love Max but that was a KO. He wasn't a shadow realmed but he was KOd.

How can you be koed and not shadow realmed thats what being knocked out is.

 

[Leonard Haid]

1) A TKO is technically a knockout, hence the term. 2) Many of the major online publications are calling it a KO because it sure as hell looked like one despite being ruled a TKO. Yahoo Sports: "Ilia Topuria knocks out Max Holloway..." USA Today: "Ilia Topuria retains his featherweight title after knocking out Max Holloway in the third round..." The rule seems to be, if someone loses by a TKO, you don't say he was technically knocked out. You say he was knocked out. 3) Ilia put Max to sleep - maybe Max's eyes were still open, but it was a waking sleep - with that first blow. Max was in la-la land. 4) Max had never been KO'd or TKO'd, so it's still a big first for Ilia, and for Max.

 

[chinarice]

That is not what a KO is. Was he knocked unconscious? NO.

Yes, even if it was brief, he clearly was knocked out.

 

[chinarice]

He was not fully out

He was fully out for a brief second.

 

[Lee Danger]

i'd say that crumbling like a tree is being detacted from your coinsciusness for at least the time of the fall.

 

[Pious Augustus]

I was so surprized when they announced a TKO. He was totally out, that was a legit KO.

they didn't announce a tko though

 

[HHJ]

Looked like he knocked him out on the ground to me. Anyway who cares, topuria fucked him all up.