max holloway accepted challenge for a bmf title rematch with charles oliveira

Max Holloway accepted challenge there will be surprising rematch for BMF belt

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Published: 22 January 2025

There are many indications that there may be a surprise rematch for the BMF belt. After all, Max Holloway has accepted the challenge of one of the UFC’s top fighters.

Max Holloway won the BMF belt last April when he sent Justin Gaethje to the boards in spectacular style. The Hawaiian fought one more fight in 2024, however, he was knocked out by Ilya Topuria in that bout.

After that fight, the featherweight champion paraded around with two belts, in addition to his division title he also held the BMF belt. Dana White quickly realized his mistake and said that this situation should never have happened.

The head of the UFC is not surprised, as it seems that the BMF belt was introduced to put together fighters who have a hard time reaching for the regular title in big fights. These fighters are still big enough stars at the same time to merit success and sell out arenas and sell a lot of PPVs.

Now a fight for the BMF belt is being called for by Charles Oliveira, who made the comments during an interview with reporters from the UFC Brasil home page. The Brazilian suggested that much will depend on the timing of the return of Islam Makhachev, however, if he were to wait for such a clash he would rather fight for the BMF belt against Max Holloway.

– We will see when Islam Makhachev decides to return. If he only wants to fight in October, I will definitely want to come back earlier.

– So why not challenge Max Holloway to a fight for the BMF belt? We fought once before, but I suffered an injury at the very beginning. So it’s hard to call it a duel. I think it is worth doing it again

The excellent Hawaiian did not have to wait long for a response. Max Holloway was very quick to suggest that the clash could take place during international fight week, that is, at a major UFC gala during the vacations.

– International Fight Week?

Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira first faced each other in August 2015 at a UFC gala in Saskatoon, Canada. Blessed scored a victory then after Do Bronx suffered a quick injury.

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