UFC champion Max Holloway made past successful a combat that had mixed martial arts fans picking their jaws up disconnected the floor.
Holloway bushed Yair Rodriguez by unanimous decision, and successful the process became the archetypal combatant successful UFC past to registry 3000 full strikes landed successful his career.
Holloway is besides the lone combatant successful the competition's past to ne'er get knocked down successful astatine slightest 25 fights.
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The 29-year-old puncher was afloat of praise for his hostile post-fight. Rodriguez has not fought professionally successful 2 years, but helped nutrient what galore fans were calling the combat of the year.
It came lone a week aft what was antecedently regarded arsenic combat of the year, between Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler.
"Insane," UFC president Dana White said of the fight.
"It's 1 of the champion fights I've ever seen."
Both fighters were taken to infirmary and could not be the post-fight property conference.
As Rodriguez was lying successful the backmost of his ambulance, Holloway exited the stadium and walked implicit to him, and got into the backmost of the conveyance to hug and observe their epic bout.
Fans took to Twitter to laud some fighters for the performance.
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