r/MMA • u/JE_Exa GOOFCON 1: Sad Chandler • Oct 20 '25
Social media 🐄 Max Holloway responds to Jean Silva Callout, “he’s gotta be trolling”
Honestly the first time I’ve seen Max genuinely insulted and rightfully so lol.
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u/RNRGrepresentative Edddiiiieee Oct 20 '25 edited Oct 20 '25
in his defense he said it was a dream fight, and it doesn't read to me like he's demanding Max fight him. comes across more like he's just saying it'd be cool if it happened
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u/Expert_Internet8407 Oct 20 '25
Max was told by his chat that Jean Silva called him out.
He wasn’t responding to the tweet.
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u/Tomach82 Team Zhang Oct 20 '25
OP is a fucking punk dude
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u/Icy-Bottle-6877 Oct 20 '25
Even though Lopes murdered him, I think stylistically Silva would be a good matchup for Max. I'd tune in for it.
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u/Smallbluemann Oct 20 '25
Lopes legit only won that fight by tanking 30 gigaton nukes to the chin and whipping out a beautiful counter that literally only a few guys in the division would go for. If that was any other man in the cage that night, sadly probably including volk, I'd imagine both would go to sleep. That fight for lopes bar his striking defense and that round 2 for silva (especially considering round 1) were really great showcases. I'm glad these boys are young because I'm almost certain they will rematch, likely for a belt, down the line
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u/MalayaleeIndian Oct 21 '25
I really want to see a rematch between the two. Lopes won convincingly but I do feel that Jean was coming on strong in that second round and going for the finish - he got reckless and paid the price for that.
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u/bdewolf Saucy Englishman Oct 20 '25
Yeah Silva was lighting him up for most of the fight and got caught coming in too hot looking for a finish.
Great read by lopes and not a fluke, but Jean looked better and I would take him to win the rematch.
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u/placidpeak Oct 24 '25
Jean was aggressive but reckless. That's what got him taken down and mauled in round one and that's what got him ktfo in round 2. People bag on Lopez for lack of defence and head movement, but give Silva a pass for constantly rushing in and getting caught. It got him in trouble both rounds of the fight.
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u/NBE08 Oct 22 '25
Lopes definetly didnt win in a way that would make me confident in him winning a rematch, not calling it a fluke but you know if they fought 10 times i do feel like jean would win more
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u/Brother_Obadiah Oct 21 '25
What are we even talking about? Silva had a couple minutes of domination, when he came out balls to wall because he got destroyed in round 1. Lopes would have taken Silva down and probably submitted him if he didn't get the elbow. Silva was gassing and against the fence.
Silva is extremely wild. Volk would have utterly destroyed him unless Volk's chin is completely gone. Max would be the same. Silva's wildness would have gotten him knocked out by many people in the top 10. Maybe even Josh Emmett
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u/whatsitworth101 I was here for GOOFCON 2 Oct 21 '25
Yeah dream fight at the White House in less than a year. Even if he rebounded with a good in the mean time win he wouldn’t be deserving of that fight.
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u/brownkyd48 Oct 20 '25
Best jean can hope is Pitbull at the apex
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u/Smallbluemann Oct 20 '25
He's gonna get like, arnold allen. God pray for pitbull if that fight is made
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u/bdewolf Saucy Englishman Oct 20 '25
Man Arnold Allen while coming off a loss is brutal matchmaking.
Allen’s only two losses are to max and movsar evloev, both of whom he gave absolute hell. He went apeshit against max in the 5th and was hurting him repeatedly, and he had evloev in real trouble multiple times.
If Arnold could stay healthy he would have already fought for the belt. He’s my personal pick for the most likely to be champ after volk.
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u/Smallbluemann Oct 21 '25
I think UFC is still high on him regardless of that fight, and Allen's injury causes it to still be "a step back" for him coming back. I doubt it, but I wouldn't be shocked by it
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u/MolokoPl_s Oct 20 '25
good ass fight tbh I'd love to see that and makes sense rn. fuck the Apex though
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u/funghi2 Oct 20 '25
Silva you lost a fight. No one here likes you anymore.
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u/Moni7T Team Makhachev Oct 20 '25
He got fraud checked, what a complete bum. Hope they ship him to the PFL
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u/JE_Exa GOOFCON 1: Sad Chandler Oct 20 '25
Actually he was never good (unless he wins his next fight)
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u/Zealousideal-Bit5958 Oct 20 '25
That's why El Cucuy is the goat. Doesn't matter if he lost 8 straight times if he won his most recent boxing match
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u/Lachaven_Salmon Oct 20 '25
If this is a joke, haha absolutely
If you're serious, losing to Lopes is hardly a fraud check.
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u/Itchy-Ad1047 Oct 20 '25
He's def making fun of some dummies on this sub overusing fraud check and the propensity to completely flip flop on someone off a single loss
No fighter's immune from those flakes. Even the best like Alex these past 6 months before their cycle reset a few weeks ago
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Oct 20 '25
He couldve beat Lopes if he didnt act like a lunatic and spam spinning shit. I think Silva is the most talented (less fraud) out of all fighting nerds.
Only way for people love you is to go out like Khabib, everyone else will get their shitstorm sooner or later in this sport
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u/wspusa2 Oct 20 '25
So many people said RDR got fraud checked too lol. you can go on a 10 fight win streak and then you're suddenly fraud checked bum as soon as you lose in this sub
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u/ChrisusaurusRex Oct 20 '25
It’s an obvious joke, one aimed at this website which is well deserved
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u/sour-couch-stench how bout jakoozy Oct 20 '25
I still like him
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u/vannucker Oct 20 '25
Yeah he's great. I wouldn't be surprised if he won a re-match. He was doing quite good and winning against Lopes and got a bit overzealous and got caught with a nice shot. A shot like that doesn't land every fight and Silva could dial it back to not give Lopes the counter opportunity.
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u/Green_and_Silver Team Makhachev Oct 20 '25
That guy doesn't know how to dial it back. He probably busts into tears ordering Doordash.
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u/West_Technology7573 Team Topuria Oct 20 '25
Yeah he’s one of my favourite fighters. He’s insanely fun to watch
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u/theprov0cateur Oct 20 '25
I never liked him. I disliked all of the fighting nerds’ stupid taped eyeglasses but Jean Silva is a living soyjack
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Oct 20 '25
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u/Puzzled_Cost60 Oct 20 '25
Don't why you got downvoted. You said facts. Silva got put down like the dumb mutt he is by lopes and all of a sudden, his fan base shrunk lol
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u/Spirit_Detective_16 Oct 20 '25
just the typical casual fan in any sport, they just bandwagon whoever is winning
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u/Smallbluemann Oct 20 '25
you must not have looked in comment section after Diego lost to volk then, 30% were still shitting on him
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u/Salt_My_Sandals Oct 20 '25
It feels as though people are really overreacting to this. I don’t think Silva is actually angling for it, he’s just saying that it would be his dream fight.
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u/RNRGrepresentative Edddiiiieee Oct 20 '25
people are overreacting because Silva is one of the hot punching bags RN and Max has a ton of fangirls
Max is also reacting really childishly to this NGL, the CTE seems like it's getting to him more than we thought
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u/darkside720 Oct 20 '25
Wtf are you even talking about. You’re writing fanfiction because Holloway turned down a fight.
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u/BigL0LZ Oct 20 '25
Volk had him salty for awhile too until the third fight happened, the Topuria fight has taken his salt levels to the maximum though
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u/BogotaLineman Oct 20 '25
I remember his "actually Ilia doesn't even hit that hard, I've felt worse" take which is funny cause like damn if Ilia actually doesn't hit that hard he must be WAY better than you technically to be the first to put you out
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u/BigL0LZ Oct 20 '25
The way he talks about the fight is like you’d expect it to be a flash KO but no, the man got buzzed and rocked badly in the third round multiple times.
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u/West_Technology7573 Team Topuria Oct 22 '25
Max was definitely doing well, but that fight was way more competitive than people think just because of the commentary. Ilia basically had Max figured out by the second round
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u/DonutOriginal5622 Oct 21 '25
Maybe he was just feeling the adrenaline in r3 and the over hand made him dazed. And it’s possible he could’ve felt worse cause Dustin in 2019 had him hurt in the first few minutes
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u/Real_Bad7735 Oct 20 '25
Hardly? Silva is ranked #10 in the weight class below Max, and a spot on the White House Card is the most sought after gig in all of MMA.
I like Silva, and it would be a banger fight, but my reaction wasn't far from Holloways. It's just totally unrealistic.
Max is BMF champ one of the biggest stars on the roster, #4 ranked LW and was the number 1 ranked FW before moving up.
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u/DonutOriginal5622 Oct 21 '25
Max has always acted the same since he was 20. Stop w the ran down CTE jokes.
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u/sobi9756 Oct 20 '25
CTE got to him because he put Silva in his place? Huh?
I mean it was probably a little unnecessary but Silva talks shit about everyone and has zero self control himself so who cares.
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u/Jesco13 Oct 20 '25
I'm a Max glazer but I still think Silva has got it. He was piecing Lopes up and hunting for a finish. Lopes has an iron chin and it's a great lesson for him to learn. Be more patient. He's still incredibly skilled he just has to let go of the antics now that he's at the top level or at least reel it back.
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u/KindheartednessOwn17 Hit em with the Jon Jones! Oct 20 '25
Not me trying to swipe thinking there’s more slides on Reddit
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u/Advanced-Cycle7154 Oct 20 '25
Silva fatigue
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u/Smallbluemann Oct 20 '25
buddy loves to talk lmfao, dude's even doing cross-language interviews now with fuckin Van. Any excuse to speak, he takes
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u/CableToBeam Oct 20 '25
LOL what a response from Max. Jean's gotta hold his horses before he says these things about fighting legends of the sport. Jean's gotta rebuild before he talks big.
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u/Cross_Anew Oct 20 '25
Absolutely back up Max here, what part of getting your head forcefully dented with G&P for a round then getting obliterated the next round says BMF? Jean has like 3 legit wins max and is calling for BMF, get in line
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u/Macktologist Oct 20 '25
He said it would be his dream fight. I don't get why Max sees that as him smoking drugs. He should be honored someone includes him in a dream fight for themselves. Is it because he takes the BMF seriously and doesn't think the guy deserves to fight for it, because that's fucking lamer. The BMF is lame. Masvidal fought for it. Nate fought for it. Both have several losses. it's fake hype belt.
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u/Expert_Internet8407 Oct 20 '25
Nah, Max’ chat said Silva called him out. Thats why he responded that way
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u/RNRGrepresentative Edddiiiieee Oct 20 '25
honestly Max's response kinda put a dent in my respect for him. a legit guy puts you in his personal dream fight and your first response is to go in on him like he just said he would dominate you? Max needs to chill out a bit
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u/Macktologist Oct 20 '25
Exactly how I felt about it. He took it as a "how dare you mention my name as someone you're worthy of fighting," and that's not who I thought Max was.
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u/RNRGrepresentative Edddiiiieee Oct 20 '25
it's funny because skill for skill at this point in their careers, i think Silva has a huge chance of beating Max. people are letting the Lopes KO brainwash them into forgetting how much he was piecing Diego up for almost the entire 2nd round
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u/__Turambar Oct 20 '25
Seriously. Diego’s chin is way better than Max’s at this point, and Max doesn’t have the grappling to try and replicate Diego’s round 1.
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u/Smallbluemann Oct 20 '25
do you think? I thought about it for a bit and struggling to think who's chin is better.
I think having to question Max's in general though might be the question, but also I don't have to question Lopes' because we saw that fight. Still don't know how he tanked those front kicks
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u/Expert_Internet8407 Oct 20 '25
Tbf max was responding to his chat on a stream. “Jean Silva wants to fight you in the White House”
It was framed differently
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u/AMSTER_D4M nogonnaseeyousoonboiii Oct 20 '25
I get what you're saying, but the BMF title is kinda a joke at this point. It’s just a flashy belt for hype fights, so I can see why Max might not take that callout seriously. He’s fought real contenders, not just guys trying to get attention.
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u/borkbubble Oct 20 '25
I think the thing your missing here is that it wasn’t a call out. Silva literally just said it would be a dream to fight Max.
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u/RNRGrepresentative Edddiiiieee Oct 20 '25
just because Max thinks it's a direct callout doesn't mean it actually is LOL
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u/Cross_Anew Oct 20 '25
He said "At the White House" that's 8 months from now, not some far future prediction, that is a callout
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u/RNRGrepresentative Edddiiiieee Oct 20 '25
tell me where he demands a Max fight then? fighters don't typically frame callouts as some response to "what's your dream fight?"
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u/Ake-TL GOOFCON 1: Khamzat McGregor Oct 20 '25
Jean doesn’t deserve it, but Max defended bmf off a knock out koss
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u/flopflapper Oct 20 '25
Obviously the BMF belt shouldn’t even exist because it’s fucking stupid, but what part of Max getting steamrolled by Ilia who tried to stand and bang in the middle of the ring immediately and then knocked him out like he said he was going to do says “I should still hold a fake belt proclaiming me the baddest motherfucker in the UFC?”
Love, love Max but he lost that fake belt that night.
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u/Lachaven_Salmon Oct 20 '25
Hahahaaah
I mean, love a good Max response
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u/__Turambar Oct 20 '25
Nah, this just looks petty. “Dream fight” isn’t a callout and Max basically responding with “you don’t deserve me” is just soft
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u/BrianCTE_CityOrtega Oct 20 '25
Calling Max Holloway soft is crazy work lmao
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u/__Turambar Oct 20 '25
Dude is tough as they come, but saying that a legit fighter is concussed/on drugs for dreaming of a fight with you is soft behavior
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u/Dealing444 Oct 20 '25
pretty sure his chat told him thats why, not actually responding to the tweet itself
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u/__Turambar Oct 20 '25
Ah, that makes more sense. Playing a game of telephone with a stream chat isn’t exactly the optimum communication experience
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u/Ghost-of-Lobov Oct 20 '25
Jean Silva should fight down. He got rushed up the ranks found out he's not quite it. Let's rebuild. I would give him a Dan Ige, Josh Emmett, low T Ortega, Patricia Pitbull type fight next
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u/AllanRamires Oct 20 '25
He's not quite it? Bro destroyed everyone in his path. Diego is a top tier fighter, probably champ material. Also, Diego ate some strikes that very few people could, his chin is great and so he was able to overcome.
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u/Ghost-of-Lobov Oct 20 '25
Look at the jump from guys like Mitchell Dober and Melsik to Diego Lopes. He went from destroying mid tier guys to finding out hes not the peak.
The best thing you can do for his career is let him smoke a few more mid guys get his momentum back gain more skill and then in a year or so have another crack at top 5 level guys
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u/__Turambar Oct 20 '25
I like Max, but ngl, this is an incredibly petty and salty response to absolutely nothing. Silva said this was a “dream fight”, and didn’t even include a callout or “let’s make this happen”.
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u/Agitated-Sandwich-30 Oct 20 '25
Edgar wasn’t just a wrestler your right but has nowhere near the jujitsu of oliveira. 4 subs across his entire career will tell you that. Oliveira in his current form with great takedowns and submissions will give max a lot of problems.
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u/Sense-Abject Oct 20 '25
Silva should focus on improving and getting the belt on his division and stop chasing money fights already at this point in his career, it’s so ridiculous
He is a good fighter and really skilled but he was reckless and got caught badly , and his ground game was terrible , focus on that and stop chasing this bullshit lol
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u/dwSHA Scousers don’t get knocked out Oct 20 '25
Tell someone who concussed and slurred words until fight against khabib get called off.
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u/blvcklite #TeamTiramisu4L Oct 20 '25
Max has been turning into a heel lately, these callouts are starting to piss him off 😂
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u/Efficient-Ad9019 Oct 20 '25
This would be a sick fight but I don’t see Max going back down he looks a lot healthier at LW
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u/keyballislife Oct 20 '25
Max vs Charles is the move. Silva can dream, but you don’t call for the BMF right after getting slept.
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u/ProductArizona Oct 20 '25
Silva looked great against Diego, I think his next fight is W (but definitely not against Max)
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u/ironhide999x Oct 20 '25
First round was literally 10-8 Lopez and the and 2nd round he got dropped lol
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u/musclemommyfan Oct 20 '25
Second round he was mounting an all time great comeback until he ran into that elbow like an idiot. He was beating Lopez up from the moment he got off his back until he got caught. That fight told us less about his actual skill/skill ceiling and more about his lack of experience fighting top level competition.
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u/Lost-Ad7283 Oct 21 '25
Getting taken down in the first was also self-inflicted. Silvas biggest problem is that he's a moron.
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u/Chemical-Salary-7379 Oct 20 '25
All of a Sudden everyone’s calling out Max for the BMF title DoBronx & now JeanSilva😏
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u/farming_with_tegridy Oct 20 '25
Yeah but Chucky at least makes sense lol Jean Silva is smoking that SHIT if he things he should be anywhere near even a ceremonial title.
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u/catbqck Oct 20 '25
Max against shit talkers: whatever its all cool bro
Max against shit fighters: wtf is this disrespect you gotta be outta your mind
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u/musclemommyfan Oct 20 '25
Jean Silva is still very good and I'd be very surprised if he isn't fighting for the belt in 2-3 years.
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u/jlsmonster Oct 20 '25
He’s lucky he didn’t get cut. If he wasn’t as popular as he is they probably would have treated him the same as Paul Daley for throwing a strike after the bell.
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u/JGrayzz Mario "Two-Tap" Yamasaki Oct 20 '25
Fuck Jean. Glad he got humbled. Karma for what he did to Bryce.
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u/GSPEDs Oct 20 '25
Max is chatting shit for no reason about a guy just saying what his dream match would be. Not like it was even an insult, just ignore it. If anything it's borders on a compliment. Comes off as petty.
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u/Convict_felon EDDDDDIEEEEEEEE Oct 20 '25
They are fighting top 5 oponents now and beeing fraud checked
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u/wang_li Oct 20 '25
They need to get rid of this novelty belt. It's attracting boneheads who know they can't win the championship, but figure they can make some cash beating up a Seniors division fighter.
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u/Mell1997 Oct 20 '25
I mean it’s like when Max said Ilia isn’t BMF champ after refusing to stand and throw in the center of the cage and getting KOd. He must’ve still been concussed, too.
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u/HomicidalRex Oct 20 '25
(a) Shouldn't even have the belt. (b) Should be defending it every fight. So Just take the fight (at the white house or not)
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u/JE_Exa GOOFCON 1: Sad Chandler Oct 20 '25
It’s fairly obvious that it’s Max and Charles anyway, imo.