Max Holloway explains how his BMF title fight vs. Justin Gaethje came to be | ESPN MMA

ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto speaks with former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway about his recently announced BMF title fight against Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 on April 13 in Las Vegas.

0:00 Downsized sneaker collection
1:28 Fighting DC’s golfing partner
2:12 How’d the fight come together?
4:31 Motivation to take the bout
5:49 Fan reaction
9:46 How approach will be different than Poirier fight
11:48 Would he stay at 155?
12:44 Any risk to future featherweight title hopes?
13:59 When Gaethje drove him around Denver
15:57 The story about the scale
18:34 Camps at this point in his career
20:10 Reflecting on 2023

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