UFC FULL FIGHT: Max Holloway vs. Justin Gaethje [UFC 300 – April 13, 2024] | ESPN MMA — Transcript
Full transcript
- 0:00hey gentlemen you understand all you
- 0:01please listen to me keep yourself
- 0:02protected if I say stop please St if you
- 0:05want to talk through it now God bless
- 0:07you Championship triple header to close
- 0:10out this historic UFC
- 0:12300 Max Holloway Justin gaii both
- 0:16wearing special shorts tonight gaii
- 0:18honoring his beloved United States of
- 0:20America and of course Holloway the
- 0:22floral shorts to represent Hawaii the MF
- 0:26title is on the line gaii and black
- 0:29Hollow
- 0:30in the floral and white it's been a and
- 0:32boy it's been a fun night so far hasn't
- 0:34it it has lived up to all the hype he
- 0:38really
- 0:38[Applause]
- 0:41has I thought we were going to lose
- 0:43Goose Crawford during the intro he
- 0:45turned purple and he still got a couple
- 0:47more
- 0:49[Applause]
- 0:55left Ki loads up on the right hand
- 0:57Holloway moves out of Harm's Way
- 1:00[Applause]
- 1:03gatei does a good job of throwing the
- 1:04left hook off of the
- 1:06lit Holloway does a lot of his work with
- 1:08his hands but if you're just boxing Max
- 1:11Holloway you are behind he's that good
- 1:14with his activity and his
- 1:15[Applause]
- 1:21volume get po with Kudo protein popcor
- 1:24now available on gopuff tonight only use
- 1:26code UFC on the gopuff app for a buy 1
- 1:28get one free offer on Kudo proteam
- 1:31popcorn Max has that wide stance and
- 1:34he's been susceptible to leg kicks in
- 1:35the past particularly against banovski
- 1:38but he's made adjustments knowing that
- 1:41Justin Gage is one of the best leg
- 1:42kickers in the
- 1:44sport there we see right away one cap
- 1:49kick Max has got to make sure he's
- 1:52checking kicks he doesn't want to get
- 1:54really limited by the kicking game of
- 1:56Justin gatei I have seen Justin gatei
- 1:59especially when he first got to the UFC
- 2:00and prior in so many fights with leg
- 2:03kicks I think that one kick already
- 2:05damaged
- 2:08him o that left hand is landed twice
- 2:11early for
- 2:14Holloway you hear Trevor Whitman telling
- 2:16Justin not to rush the low leg
- 2:20kick nice entry and connection by
- 2:24gatei two minutes have gone by in round
- 2:27one tension in this arena is palpable
- 2:30nice upper cut by Max and the oh good
- 2:34left hook by Max he Hur him he heard him
- 2:36I love where you keep he stung him with
- 2:38that left hand yeah he did he hurt
- 2:39Justin with that left
- 2:41[Music]
- 2:48hook again you can hear Trevor Whitman
- 2:50some of you wants gatei to slow things
- 2:54down that was a beautiful left hook en
- 2:56close by Max Holloway
- 3:00and if you know Max Holloway he will not
- 3:02go crazy if he thinks he has someone
- 3:04hurt he will take his time and try to
- 3:06find the shot without putting himself in
- 3:08danger well the beautiful thing is that
- 3:10this is five rounds so they have time to
- 3:12implement their strategy find their
- 3:15openings nice ride to the body by
- 3:18Max gatei was hoping his leg kicks and
- 3:21his power could force some tactical
- 3:23changes out of Hall away as this fight
- 3:25went
- 3:28on kn crowd getting behind Holloway
- 3:31[Applause]
- 3:35early Holloway just touching that lead
- 3:37leg of gatei a little slip there by
- 3:40Justin gatei still trying to build his
- 3:42read you see him still taking his time
- 3:44trying to figure out how he wants to
- 3:46approach Max Holloway right
- 3:55[Music]
- 3:57now baby I back to face
- 4:04and if you recall the first time
- 4:07Holloway was at 155 at this point Dustin
- 4:10porier had already started to kind of
- 4:11have his way with him he looks much more
- 4:14comfortable right now in his second
- 4:15attempt to fight at lightweight well he
- 4:17looks a lot bigger yes he does naturally
- 4:19bigger not fat he said he said his
- 4:22manager called him Muffin Top Max in the
- 4:23fight against Dustin because he had just
- 4:25went down the weight in four weeks he
- 4:28said this time he had time and and he
- 4:29feels like a real
- 4:34lightweight Whitman still telling G you
- 4:37just keep your Rhythm find those kicks
- 4:39don't rush anything oh good right hand
- 4:42by
- 4:43[Applause]
- 4:45Max that's a right hand that lands for
- 4:47gatei now Holloway retreats in
- 4:55circles Holloway definitely in check
- 4:57mode when it comes to these leg kicks
- 4:59but gaies are already done some
- 5:00appreciable
- 5:16[Music]
- 5:18[Applause]
- 5:24damage
- 5:25oh nice spinning kick to the body late
- 5:29round one this corner can in the face
- 5:32caught him on the nose is brought to by
- 5:34Prime hydration the fastest growing
- 5:35beverage in history in the official
- 5:36Sports string of UFC with only 25
- 5:38calories zero added sugar BCAA and
- 5:40electrolytes now available at Walmart
- 5:42really good rounds dude I want you
- 5:43drinking as you're listening to
- 5:45me you're controlling the whole freaking
- 5:48fight don't start making mistakes I
- 5:51think he broke his nose yeah I think so
- 5:54let's take a look at it
- 5:57here oh yeah oh yeah right on the nose
- 6:00oh right with the heel yep with the heel
- 6:02right on the
- 6:05face you see him kind of ajust that like
- 6:08he's touching the nose like oh and
- 6:10Justin has had nose problems before so
- 6:13he recognizes it he had no surgery badly
- 6:16deviated septum for most of his career
- 6:18his nose completely blocked forced to
- 6:20breathe out of his
- 6:23mouth the unauthorized reproduction or
- 6:26distribution of this copyright work is
- 6:28illegal and punishable under law his
- 6:31nose is bothering him a lot he keeps
- 6:32touching it there's no doubt looked like
- 6:34he tried to verbalize something to
- 6:36Trevor wh there again keeps he keeps
- 6:38blowing out of it yeah you can't do that
- 6:39it it'll force your eyes to swell up he
- 6:42said to Trevor Whitman my nose is
- 6:44completely blocked so a huge moment for
- 6:48Holloway potentially late in round one
- 6:50and that is just one of the things right
- 6:52you start talking to these people that
- 6:54watch fights and which you don't realize
- 6:55and respect is that everything can
- 6:57change in one moment it's such a game of
- 7:00inches when it comes to mixed martial
- 7:02arts literally the last seconds of the
- 7:05round it looks like that nose is
- 7:06destroyed and the blood's just flowing
- 7:09now out of the nose of Gau and his mouth
- 7:11is wide open he's having a hard time
- 7:13breathing out of it he keeps touching it
- 7:15it's really bothering and Max remaining
- 7:17measure Dean Thomas what do you have sir
- 7:19yeah despite uh the kick to the nose I
- 7:22really like the work that Max is doing
- 7:24with that right hand he is he's gone to
- 7:26the body with it he's been throwing it
- 7:27as an uppercut he's been throwing it as
- 7:29a straight and as this fight progresses
- 7:31if he can keep continue the variety of
- 7:32that right hand he's going to really do
- 7:34a lot of damage to gatei well he's he's
- 7:36throwing that right hand to the body to
- 7:38start to get the hands to start to come
- 7:40down Holloway is a very good strategist
- 7:44when it comes to building his fight
- 7:46plan and right now I mean it could not
- 7:48have gone any better in round one for
- 7:50Max Holloway caught him in a hard locked
- 7:53hook hit him with a couple of good right
- 7:54hands and then that spinning back kick
- 7:56to the face was absolutely huge
- 8:00and it was a pretty measured round and
- 8:02now look at all the damage on the face
- 8:03of Justin
- 8:05gate Holloway's already landed 11 leg
- 8:08kicks in his own right committed to that
- 8:10weapon tonight even just touching that
- 8:12lead limit
- 8:18ging oh oh look for a big elbow there
- 8:22oh is that an eye
- 8:26poke oh no he reacted like it was a poke
- 8:31well it's we'll see it they'll show it
- 8:33to us
- 8:34here the way Max it must have been a
- 8:36poke the way Max yeah it is no
- 8:39[Applause]
- 8:42question have a little look have a
- 8:50look oh no oh my God right in there oh
- 8:54that was bad that was bad
- 9:00and Justin gatu will fight there's no
- 9:03doubt I was just going to say right even
- 9:04if he can't see he'll tell you he can
- 9:07there are a lot of other guys on this
- 9:08roster that will check out here not at
- 9:11this level not not this
- 9:15guy all right just over three minutes
- 9:18here in round two of a possible five BMF
- 9:20Championship on the line
- 9:30keep that
- 9:33press Holloway just looked completely
- 9:35locked in from the moment he hit that
- 9:37tunnel tonight and really all week no
- 9:41major weight cut in advance of this one
- 9:43per
- 9:44[Applause]
- 9:46se and you know you speak to Max and
- 9:51being at a position in his career right
- 9:52now where V the champ he's looking for
- 9:54something big something that will Propel
- 9:56him back into the title contention
- 9:57because he said if he wins this fight
- 9:59he's going back down to fight to for you
- 10:01but how about Justin gatei taking this
- 10:03knowing he was potentially the number
- 10:05one Contender right right when you're
- 10:07talking about people that just love to
- 10:08fight you are speaking of these two
- 10:12athletes Gate's cardio is outstanding
- 10:16you wonder the extent to which this nose
- 10:18and breathing pattern could compromise
- 10:20that or just not seeing the offense that
- 10:23we've come to expect well it's going to
- 10:26certainly have an effect on his ability
- 10:28to take shots nice leg kick beautiful
- 10:31low kick by jus Call of Duty war zone
- 10:35mobile download for free now and
- 10:36experience real Call of Duty action on
- 10:38your
- 10:43phone Justin seems to be having problems
- 10:46with his left leg nice right hand over
- 10:48the top was another eye
- 10:51poke and
- 10:53Holloway oh no certainly giv gatei the
- 10:55benefit of the doubt stopped advancing
- 10:58oh no that's the other eye now oh my
- 11:01goodness he said he's good
- 11:04good Max listen I know oh man the Thum I
- 11:08know I know it's hard I know it's
- 11:10accidental please just take this warning
- 11:12please try and keep them closed right
- 11:14ready thank you oh my God one in each
- 11:19eye coach Dean Thomas before that second
- 11:22eye poke what did you have good man I'm
- 11:24also thinking about the nose of Justin
- 11:26gatei the fact that he can't breathe out
- 11:28of his nose means he's going to have to
- 11:29keep his mouth open a good right hand to
- 11:32that jaw could be the end of the fight
- 11:34for him so that also compromises him
- 11:36just with that nose
- 11:37injury DC that warning from Mark Goddard
- 11:40would seem to suggest one more is going
- 11:42to be a point deduction yeah yeah Mark
- 11:43was the way he was saying he was almost
- 11:45pleading with him like please don't make
- 11:47me get involved in this fight
- 11:51yeah you hear Trevor Whitman yelling
- 11:53keep the
- 11:56pressure it's a very stark contrast from
- 11:58what you heard wrong one before he was
- 11:59saying take your time take your time I
- 12:01think he recognizes that his fighter or
- 12:04his
- 12:05athlete is injured beautiful low kick
- 12:08kick hard low kick look at this rolling
- 12:11on Max's leg now that was a bad
- 12:15one Max is thinking about switching
- 12:20stances 30 seconds round
- 12:23two oh nice Connection by
- 12:27Holloway I want another one yeah hallay
- 12:30is going to have to switch stance if he
- 12:31does not start checking these kicks you
- 12:33already see that left leg starting to
- 12:35swell well hallay is so heavy on that
- 12:37left leg for that boxing stance he's
- 12:40such a great boxer that he keep that
- 12:42stance
- 12:44split ooh good connection Inside by both
- 12:49men 10 minutes
- 12:56down hey here we go sit down good he's
- 13:00going to work on your nose while you
- 13:01listen to me okay
- 13:04hey I love the low kick keep it keep the
- 13:07low kick okay but when you're throwing
- 13:09your combos I don't want three or four I
- 13:11want two a new angle at the most okay or
- 13:14single hard shot not 100% it's like 85%
- 13:17okay and start putting pressure on them
- 13:19okay change a look walk we walk what not
- 13:23then mix in if you between the drawing
- 13:25out as well as being fortive you just
- 13:27got to make sure that you Mo
- 13:30head and your foot so you know you be
- 13:31clean you kind of know it's coming up
- 13:33and
- 13:34over okay just kind of work on like draw
- 13:37just a little bit more I mean without
- 13:39the movement it'll be
- 13:44hard check out the new ESPN MMA show
- 13:47good guy bad guy with Daniel Cormier and
- 13:49Sh sunn and watch on YouTube ESPN 2 e+
- 13:52and listen wherever you get your
- 13:54podcasts thec and chil every Monday and
- 13:56Thursday don't miss it two Hall of
- 13:58famous not that's
- 14:04right all right round three is upon us
- 14:06Max Holloway and Justin gatei for the
- 14:09BMF
- 14:12title Holloway looks fresh man not
- 14:15breathing heavy the only thing is the
- 14:18leg damage it looks like Justin landed
- 14:19quite a few of those leg kicks and
- 14:21another one right there but he's still
- 14:22moving Rel he's still moving pretty well
- 14:24on his legs well he did even in the vul
- 14:26fight where his leg really got chewed up
- 14:29I mean he just ignores the pain but it's
- 14:31going to compromise his
- 14:38movement nice body attack there by gatei
- 14:42the corner did really good job of
- 14:43getting the blood stop from the nose of
- 14:46gatei yeah seems much better this round
- 14:48than it was last
- 14:51round yeah probably 20 times in round
- 14:53two he had to instead of maybe throwing
- 14:56a jab or a strike take the hand to the
- 14:58nose so you're right about about that
- 15:05DC it's a different look in Gage's eyes
- 15:08now as
- 15:14[Applause]
- 15:18well Holloway has landed 54 significant
- 15:21strikes to Gate's 23
- 15:27[Applause]
- 15:29good left hook by Hollow
- 15:31there and I think the difference in the
- 15:33strikes is the activity because Justin
- 15:36really hasn't figured yet how to get at
- 15:38Hollow hollow's fighting such a good
- 15:40fight he's given him so many different
- 15:41looks that outside of the leg kick
- 15:43Justin's having a very difficult
- 15:45time finding
- 15:48Max Dustin porier fought both of these
- 15:50guys twice he is acknowledging Max's
- 15:54crispness Midway through this fight
- 15:59and Dustin did like Max's chances for
- 16:01whatever it's worth coming into this
- 16:02match up a nice left hook there by
- 16:05Justin gatei you know CH sunon spoke to
- 16:09about this when talking about this fight
- 16:12he said you know while the odds makers
- 16:16have wow right hand bollow
- 16:20oh he said Fighters are picking
- 16:23match and you see
- 16:26why oh
- 16:30H looks so sharp G got tagged
- 16:33immediately started throwing offense
- 16:34back a jab hard low kick look at that
- 16:37leg of Max it's busted
- 16:39[Applause]
- 16:46up Max is such a tough guy though he
- 16:49ignores
- 16:50it really
- 16:52does and again he did in the bulk fight
- 16:55but I mean look at the welting on that
- 16:56left C I mean we saw what vul did to him
- 16:59in that last fight and he was still
- 17:01pressing in trying to win the fight Max
- 17:03Holloway no matter the pain will not
- 17:05give up on the idea of what he's trying
- 17:06to do and tonight I don't know if I've
- 17:08ever seen him look better oh another SP
- 17:11back kick heel right to the body oh he
- 17:15stung him
- 17:16again gatei still valiantly pressing
- 17:19forward but he's eating a lot of good
- 17:21shots from Holloway here round three
- 17:29keep press keep pressure keep
- 17:35it no better volume striker in UFC
- 17:37history than Max Holloway added to his
- 17:39totals
- 17:43tonight and the nose increasingly now
- 17:46becoming a factor again for gatei oh
- 17:48yeah you can see it in his mouth can't
- 17:50even hide it the blood is trickling down
- 17:52into the mouth that nose is destroyed
- 17:55Max is getting reactions out of Justin
- 17:57now with his faints
- 17:59oh beautiful leg kick there by gai good
- 18:01right hand of the body by Holloway as
- 18:02well and those right hands down low are
- 18:05starting to pay dividends now because
- 18:07he's finding the target up top more
- 18:11[Applause]
- 18:14frequently quick jab to the body or a
- 18:17right hand I should say by
- 18:20[Applause]
- 18:23Holloway beautiful right hand by
- 18:25Holloway Justin slipped away from it
- 18:27slightly yeah
- 18:33[Applause]
- 18:41you hear a corner of Holloway saying
- 18:43stay clean and
- 18:46control their athlete seems to be
- 18:48pitching a shut out right now they don't
- 18:50want him to take unnecessary risk nice
- 18:53kick to the body by Max that unheralded
- 18:56Holloway Corner Michael nakagawa Ivan
- 18:58Floy and the rest their guy it's another
- 19:02one of those small teams that does an
- 19:04amazing
- 19:13job all these rounds are close we we're
- 19:16winning the next two you need the
- 19:18pressure okay okay you're playing too
- 19:20much counter fighting now got okay got
- 19:22got get on him double Jabs and meet with
- 19:25him but I don't want that that right
- 19:26hand going over your shoulder it's over
- 19:28his shoulder shoulder and keep it tight
- 19:29on the neck okay I don't want you
- 19:31throwing over his head he's very good at
- 19:32rolling with the shots you got me I love
- 19:35when you hit him in the chest cuz you
- 19:36put him on his heels okay and when he's
- 19:39going trying the hardest left ever I
- 19:41know I know you know what I mean I hear
- 19:42you I hear you but every so often when
- 19:44you're working your fals or not maybe
- 19:46just gra s stick okay change I haveck
- 19:48yeah grack my yeah just change and
- 19:52change your look you know what I mean
- 19:53think that you're Landing really good
- 19:54you're St right there okay come on let's
- 19:57go let's go let's go keep it going Max
- 20:06Champion chip rounds are upon
- 20:15us Max Holloway in the floral shorts
- 20:18Justin gatei in the black round four is
- 20:20underway
- 20:26[Applause]
- 20:29right
- 20:30back pressure continues to be the
- 20:32buzzword out of Trevor
- 20:34Whitman that's what I
- 20:38like if gatei can get Hollow going
- 20:40backwards maybe he'll have more success
- 20:42finding that leg kick to because to this
- 20:46point this has been his best weapon but
- 20:49Holloway is showing no signs of slowing
- 20:51down and Hollow continues to go to the
- 20:54body with that right hand good left kick
- 20:56to the body there
- 21:08[Applause]
- 21:10Mingo good sequence there for gate about
- 21:12a minut on by round four Holloway
- 21:16remains committed to the
- 21:17body you see all these scores saying Max
- 21:20is up 3-0 but if there's ever a guy with
- 21:23a busted nose oh
- 21:26yeah that can pull a rabbit out of his
- 21:28head is Justin gate man this guy will
- 21:31not quit on
- 21:32himself but Max is fighting very very
- 21:36smart
- 21:37tonight pretty useful right hand landed
- 21:40for gatei a moment ago gaii nice jab by
- 21:43gaii putting on the gaii putting on the
- 21:46pressure
- 21:48[Applause]
- 21:51oh that's two to three times now
- 21:54Holloway has hurt him and he hasn't
- 21:56pressed he sees that he's got another
- 21:59one and he backs
- 22:00up oh beautiful jab oh my
- 22:12goodness those are
- 22:16[Applause]
- 22:22blocked beautiful low
- 22:24kick well that left leg is grotesque
- 22:29and yet n limp yeah barely barely
- 22:32showing any
- 22:33effects Max is faster than Justin it's
- 22:37very evident because when they go into
- 22:39these extended combinations Hollow is
- 22:41able to get his shots off and then
- 22:43evade and he's making JG Miss with those
- 22:47big hooks that's what Justin needs to do
- 22:50Justin needs to fight behind his jab a
- 22:52little more to try to set Hollow up that
- 22:55one hurt
- 23:06uppercut up to partially land for
- 23:11[Applause]
- 23:16Holloway good right hand by Hollow matx
- 23:20just rolls so well with that right hand
- 23:22of G when acknowledged as much another
- 23:25strong low kick by gaii and Al they're
- 23:28nice knee to the body by Max although
- 23:31they're Landing Max is not limping I
- 23:34mean it's got to be painful as hell but
- 23:36he's not showing any negative
- 23:39effects and now you yes Max is doing a
- 23:42really good job of not showing great
- 23:45poker face and still being active and
- 23:47sharp getting his punches to the Target
- 23:50G is landing him more frequently now and
- 23:53they will have to start paying dividends
- 23:55Trevor Whitman's telling Justin right
- 23:57now he's very happy with what he
- 23:59seeing Oh
- 24:01beautiful knock down for Dei with a
- 24:04right hand oh oh Max is in
- 24:09trouble oh another one hollow's never
- 24:12been knocked
- 24:14out one minute to go round
- 24:17four I think that's the first time holay
- 24:20has been down down knocked down
- 24:23[Applause]
- 24:26yeah there's that jab
- 24:31DC Hall's too good at creating angles if
- 24:34you don't fight behind a
- 24:38[Applause]
- 24:42jab and there's Whitman calling for him
- 24:45to stay committed to that jab 30 seconds
- 24:46in the round body kick lands for gaii
- 24:51[Applause]
- 25:04much better round for Justin
- 25:07Gage yeah he might have been out landed
- 25:09but he had the
- 25:11knockdown another right
- 25:13hand they both hurt each other that
- 25:15round remember Max Hur him early he
- 25:18didn't go down though he stunned him but
- 25:20gatei fought his way back into the round
- 25:22what a
- 25:23fight come here come here come here come
- 25:27here sit down I got bre for me Bree for
- 25:31me look at me look at me you see
- 25:36me that was
- 25:39beautiful you want this fight of course
- 25:42you go at him the whole [ __ ] time but
- 25:44I do not want power I want you just
- 25:46picking sharp shots okay stay sharp when
- 25:48you have him on his heels he can punch
- 25:50with you okay if you going wide you're
- 25:52going to get countered forget the front
- 25:54kick for now unless you get the right
- 25:55space where he's backing out I want the
- 25:56low kick every time you land the low
- 25:58kick i w low and high and it's short and
- 26:01you keep the ja let's take a look at
- 26:03this watch Justin gatei throw this kick
- 26:05and look how his leg
- 26:07buckles it might have just been he was
- 26:10trying
- 26:11to sweat yeah the sweat look here's the
- 26:14right hand oh yeah that was on the back
- 26:16of the temple yeah he dropped Max
- 26:18Holloway yep he hit him hard I thought
- 26:20maybe he might have slipped he h
- 26:22cleanest shot cleanest shot Justin
- 26:24landed so far and it resulted in a
- 26:26knockdown here we go
- 26:28round five brought to you by manscapes
- 26:30laon moow 5.0 Ultra the official
- 26:32electric trimmer of UFC visit
- 26:34manscape.com
- 26:37now two Undisputed title fights to
- 26:40follow this one go ahead DC Whitman told
- 26:42Justin forget about the front kick right
- 26:44now unless you got the right space and
- 26:46distance Holloway needs to get back on
- 26:49his
- 26:50bike Landing his combinations and
- 26:52getting back to
- 26:54safety Justin has been Landing that hard
- 26:56Jab
- 27:01big reaction there by gatei as Holloway
- 27:03landed to the
- 27:18[Applause]
- 27:26body oh another spinning p
- 27:30K and that is not a skill hallay always
- 27:32had that's something he developed that
- 27:34little spinning kick and he does it from
- 27:36very very close he does it Sliding Away
- 27:39very
- 27:41[Applause]
- 27:42impressive not sure he's Miss with that
- 27:44weapon tonight under four minutes to go
- 27:51round thank keeping
- 28:03[Applause]
- 28:09oh nice sequence for Holloway maintains
- 28:11the commitment to the body and then up
- 28:13top he lands as
- 28:15well Trevor Woodman told
- 28:18Justin huge right in round five for
- 28:24Nation Oh gate you cover out
- 28:29Holloway continues to fight her and out
- 28:31counter right from
- 28:33gatei wow what a combination by
- 28:37Holloway G still dangerous here under
- 28:39three minutes
- 28:43go that was a nasty combination Max
- 28:46switched up the speed extended it to
- 28:49four five punches Justin took the brunt
- 28:52of that last one
- 28:55[Applause]
- 29:00we have crossed the midpoint of this
- 29:02Fifth and Final Round Holloway drops
- 29:05down lands a right hand I mean I don't
- 29:07know that Max Hollow has ever look
- 29:08better and we're talking about a guy
- 29:10that defended the FWE Championship
- 29:12multiple times I believe this is the
- 29:14toughest opponent he's ever fought and
- 29:16he's fighting his best fight right now
- 29:19other than that virtuoso performance
- 29:21against Calvin Kar oh yeah yeah oh yeah
- 29:23I forgot about that one but not at this
- 29:25level but it wasn't that level right
- 29:26Calvin kar's not Justin Gage
- 29:28[Applause]
- 29:30Justin
- 29:31gatei Beat I mean another right hand
- 29:36yeah I think at this point gatei has to
- 29:38kind of empty the gas tank here go back
- 29:41to the guy that fought Michael Johnson
- 29:43and just be a bit
- 29:44Reckless but I think he's been hurt so
- 29:46many times particularly in this round I
- 29:48don't know if he has that in him oh he's
- 29:50got it it's there yeah but if he does he
- 29:53risk getting cracked
- 29:55again he could be still hurt
- 29:58yeah Whitman just said get your legs
- 30:00back under 90 seconds to the side the
- 30:02BMF
- 30:04championship and man this would open up
- 30:06a world of possibilities for Max
- 30:08Holloway if he could win oh you saw
- 30:11right hand to the body left hand up top
- 30:12it virtually assures him a shot of torei
- 30:15he wants torei toore said he doesn't get
- 30:17a title
- 30:19fight yeah but how can he deny this no
- 30:22idea how you can deny it the UFC might
- 30:24force it Max is also one two in a row in
- 30:27that division
- 30:31gatei with a chopping right
- 30:33hand
- 30:34[Applause]
- 30:42again good jab by gatei oh gaii went for
- 30:47it there good kick to the body there by
- 30:49Max Gate's going to he's going to try to
- 30:51keep going to give himself a
- 30:53chance there's no tougher guy in the UFC
- 30:57and
- 30:58has no guy that's more willing to do or
- 31:00die yes high
- 31:04kick blocked by
- 31:06gatei nice jab to the body by MX another
- 31:08hard low
- 31:09[Applause]
- 31:10kick now it's forced him to change
- 31:13stances that left leg is destroyed
- 31:15finally in minute 25 Holloway shows some
- 31:19mortality look at this hollow just told
- 31:21us they're right
- 31:23here oh oh big connection late
- 31:28do we second to
- 31:32go face first on the canvas hway WIS the
- 31:37bef title oh my
- 31:40goodness oh my goodness whoa oh my
- 31:45goodness an absolute stunner at UFC 300
- 31:51oh seconds to go wow oh my goodness and
- 31:56called for it
- 31:58for him to stand and trade we have seen
- 32:01him do this on multiple occasions where
- 32:03he's winning the fight say let's just
- 32:05fight that's a warrior that's a real
- 32:08Warrior my God in a fight he's winning Y
- 32:12in a round that he's winning he could
- 32:14have easily been four rounds up BMF my
- 32:18God that's a BMF that's a BMF oh my god
- 32:23oh my god let's see that again look
- 32:25forces it points it the ground and they
- 32:27just inside to wing
- 32:29it and then Max catches him right
- 32:34here there it is
- 32:36oh just slept him my goodness clean as
- 32:41can be in the accumulation of damage was
- 32:45too much for gatei to take holy smokees
- 32:48and this was a fight where everybody
- 32:50thought that Max was going to be outdone
- 32:52he was not out oh my God all night long
- 32:55look at this right hand that ends it
- 32:58right
- 32:59here wow in what a result I mean what a
- 33:03result
- 33:05unbelievable and on the biggest night of
- 33:07the year look at the clock three I mean
- 33:11these guys are winging
- 33:13two
- 33:17boom a second before the gun mark
- 33:20Goddard waved it
- 33:23off complete astonishment inside
- 33:26T-Mobile Arena the baddest mother effer
- 33:30in the toughest sport in the world is
- 33:32Max bless
- 33:34Holloway and he might have opened up
- 33:36possibilities for Undisputed title
- 33:38fights in two divisions man how can you
- 33:41deny him how can you deny him whatever
- 33:44he wants whatever he wants he wants to
- 33:47fight lightweight he wants to fight
- 33:48featherweight how can you deny him you
- 33:51can't whatever he
- 33:53wants you can unbel unbelievable
- 34:03no featherweight other than Alexander
- 34:05banovski has been able to solve this man
- 34:07and that three fight series with a
- 34:09Volkman would have buried lesser
- 34:11Fighters and this man with all the
- 34:12resolve and toughness in the world Max
- 34:14Hollow one of the best pound-for-pound
- 34:15fighters on planet Earth and he is the
- 34:18baddest
- 34:20mother effort on John it seems like he's
- 34:23better since that third fight where he
- 34:26got beat so bad by Vulcan I he seems
- 34:29better you can argue he fought the best
- 34:31version of Justin gatei at 35 years of
- 34:34age
- 34:36absolutely this official decision is
- 34:38brought you by heart tools with over 800
- 34:40quality tools to maintain your home yard
- 34:42and car available at Walmart here's
- 34:45Bruce
- 34:47Buffer ladies and gentlemen referee Mark
- 34:50Godard has called us off to this contest
- 34:52at 4 minutes 59 seconds of round number
- 34:55five to claim the winner
- 34:58by
- 35:01KN
- 35:04and
- 35:07new
- 35:08Undisputed
- 35:10UFC
- 35:12BMF champion of the world the pride of
- 35:19Hawaii Max
- 35:22[Music]
- 35:23bless h
- 35:28[Music]
- 35:34hey first things first Give It Up to
- 35:36Gage a real p man he had so much to lose
- 35:39and nothing to G from this fight but he
- 35:41gave it to me for you guys guys he raise
- 35:43the roof for him come on louder let's
- 35:46get
- 35:48it ladies and gentlemen I'm here with
- 35:51one of the baddest [ __ ] to ever
- 35:53fight in this sport the fact that you
- 35:56have won the BMF title is so appropriate
- 35:59the fact that you called you stood there
- 36:01with 10 seconds to go and pointed at the
- 36:04center of the octagon and put Justin gat
- 36:06you way it's one of the most special
- 36:08performances I've ever seen in my life
- 36:10all I got to say I'm him I'm him guys
- 36:14guys there's a el malador he is running
- 36:17away from Ab at 145 tell him sign the
- 36:21gun contract Spain Hawaii wherever even
- 36:25Islam Islam is famous for defending
- 36:27against 4 if I was right I'm him I'm
- 36:29right
- 36:31here Max it was one of the most special
- 36:35performances I've ever seen a lot of
- 36:37people thought you were outgun in this
- 36:39fight but you used your boxing your
- 36:41footwork your movement your experience
- 36:43you put it all on the line tonight and
- 36:45what a result brother all love to you
- 36:48guys all love to Hunter Dana putting
- 36:50this BMF on the shot showing you guys
- 36:52real BMS of this any wait I'm a
- 36:54gladiator I don't care whoever's next
- 36:56time down line let's get it well Max I
- 36:59hope you get whatever you want whatever
- 37:01title fight you want you deserve it I
- 37:03won 600k that was F of night out of
- 37:06bonus baby sign the
- 37:08checks ladies and gentlemen one of the
- 37:10greatest of all time and I need to get a
- 37:12top tell him bring me back tell them to
- 37:14bring me back you can come back tonight
- 37:16anytime you want ladies and gentlemen
- 37:18one of the best of all time Max hallway
- 37:23[Applause]
About this transcript
This page contains the full transcript of UFC FULL FIGHT: Max Holloway vs. Justin Gaethje [UFC 300 – April 13, 2024] | ESPN MMA by ESPN MMA, generated from the public captions YouTube serves with the video. The transcript has 5,166 words across 811 segments, with the original timestamps preserved so you can click any line to jump to that moment in the embedded player.
What you can do with it
Use the transcript to take notes, quote the speaker, build a study guide, generate a summary with ChatGPT or Claude via the YouTube Summary tool, or export it as a timed subtitle file with YouTube to SRT. You can also re-open it in the transcriber to translate the transcript into 100+ languages.
Free YouTube transcript tool
YouTube2Text is a free YouTube transcript generator — no signup, no daily limit. Paste any YouTube link and get the full transcript instantly, with timestamps, click-to-jump, translation to 100+ languages, AI prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, and exports to TXT, SRT, VTT, or Markdown.