Justin Gaethje, Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira (Getty Images)
It’s a popular opinion that the UFC is the best and the toughest MMA organization to compete in become a champion at. An MMA athlete literally goes through a death-row to become a UFC champion. There have been several contenders and UFC champion in the organization in the history of the company.
There are some fighters who have spent decades in the world of MMA and UFC just because of their sheer lack of passion and love for their beloved sport. A surprising statistic was doing rounds on the internet about four legends of the game namely Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier, Charles Oliveira, and Justin Gaethje.
MMA statistic impresses fans before UFC 300
The UFC will complete 31 years of its existence this calendar year. Its been more than three decades in since UFC 1 took place. The next months the landmark event UFC 300 will take place in the city of Texas. Before the historic event ESPN MMA posted a graphic which had the following caption. It said,
After #UFC300, Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje, Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira would have all fought each other in the UFC 💥
LEGENDARY GROUP 🙌
It claimed after the UFC 300 event all four of these MMA veterans will have fought each other in the UFC. The fans were quick to react to the legendary statistic, Following are some of the reactions
dk how the next generation is gonna live up to these legends
Let’s get a fatal 4 way going
Give me these 4 against 20 bouncers
Justin only been in the ufc for half the time as the other guys. Straight into the fire.
Gaethje is gonna be the first person to knock max out
The fans were quick to give a massively surprising reaction and were full of praise for their beloved superstars of the game.
Idk how the next generation is gonna live up to these legends
Makachevs reign is just starting . He already turned Volk into the new Tony Fuergson . He dropped and subbed Olivera . Dustin has 8losses 😂 , Gaetje vs islam is the only matchup worth putting together . makaechev would destroy holloway who is a journeyman now. Dustin has no ground game & cant even finish a guillotine
300 problems just in one Night 🤠
Charles fought Holloway no way1-Charles 2-max 3-Dustin 4-Justin
The fans made it clear that it will be tough for the upcoming contenders in the featherweight and the lightweight division to live up to these legends of the sport. Many were anticipating a title fight of one of these veterans against the champion Islam Makhachev in the upcoming UFC events.
Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway lock horns the next month and the matchup is probably the most enticing one in the whole card. The two will scrap for the BMF title. Gaethje and Dustin Poirier have beaten each other once each. Whereas Oliveira has taken on and beaten both Poirier and Gaethje when he was the champion in the company. The Brazilian lost out to Max Holloway a couple years back and Holloway lost against Poirier.
It’ll be intriguing to see who comes out on top the next month at UFC 300.
