Max
Holloway’s pointing down at the ground in the final 10 seconds
of his fights started with one of his former opponents taunting
him.
Holloway inviting his opponents to a slugfest in the final 10
seconds of the fight has gained a cult following in MMA now.
“Blessed” recently revealed that his iconic move originated in his
fight against Ricardo
Lamas in 2016.
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Holloway felt that he was comfortably winning the fight and planned
to remain defensively sound in the last round. However, Lamas threw
his hands up in the air in the final seconds, hinting that Holloway
was coasting. Holloway initially couldn’t understand why Lamas was
taunting him when he was winning. However, when Lamas did it a
third time, Holloway threw caution to the wind and invited him to a
brutal brawl. Holloway respects Lamas for honoring the invitation
and letting his hands go.
‘He Threw Down’
“It all started because I fought Ricardo
Lamas… I felt like I was handling that fight really good,”
Holloway said on Freestylebender. “And in the last 30 seconds, I
was moving away, just circling away. He kind of stuck his hand up
to me like, ‘Yo, what the hell?’ I was thinking, ‘No way bro,’ I
was tripping seeing him go like this (hands up in the air). And
then I slipped something and he went like that again. He was saying
nothing but in my mind I was like, ‘What is going on? I’m winning.
Why is he acting like that?’ And then the last time he did it, I
was like, ‘You know what? Whatever. Ten seconds bro, if you want to
be about it, let’s see if you are about it.’ He threw down though,
respect to him.’”
Holloway (27-8) will look to defend his BMF title in a rematch
against Charles
Oliveira (36-11) at
UFC 326 on March 7 in Las Vegas. “Do Bronx” claims he won’t
miss any chance to get into a slugfest against Holloway.