“No way they were going to see that with naked eye,” Justin Gaethje recalls the ‘Towelgate’ situation with Max Holloway ahead of UFC 300

Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje will fight at UFC 300. ‘The Highlight’ will put his newly acquired BMF title on the line. With utmost respect between the two fighters, there was no bad blood boiling. However, recently, an old video of Gaethje nearly exposing Holloway during UFC 218 weigh-ins resurfaced. As such, Holloway claimed this to be the ‘beef’ between them and named the instance Towelgate. Gaethje shared his thoughts about the incident.

In his recent conversation with Kevin Iole, Justin Gaethje defended his act and explained the situation. Here is what he said:

I saw him cut weight that whole week. He needed to step on that scale. I think the burden is on the people that paused that video and tried to look at what they were trying to look at. Because I’m so fast. There's no way they were going to see that with naked eye.

Justin Gaethje via Kevin Lole

For context, Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje fought against Jose Aldo and Eddie Alvarez at UFC 218, respectively. During the weigh-ins, Holloway missed the championship weight at the first attempt. As such, ‘The Highlight’ volunteered to hold the towel for Holloway to secure his modesty when he removed his trousers to weigh in. However, Gaethje held the towel in front and hid the scales. So, quickly, he lifted the towel to place it behind the scales. Thus, it exposed ‘The Blessed’ for a split second.

After almost six years, the incident came to limelight after the fight between the two men involved was announced. Both Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway won their last two fights and were on the cusp of getting a title shot in their division. But, when the UFC handed them an opportunity to fight at UFC 300, they couldn’t refuse. As such, they go head to head in April 2024.

Justin Gaethje believes the matchup with Max Holloway happened by accident

For some time, Max Holloway wanted to fight Justin Gaethje for the BMF title. He even called him out on X earlier. But, ‘The Highlight’ always claimed he liked Holloway and didn’t want to fight him. But, as of today, the UFC booked the fight for the monumental UFC 300 fight card. As such, Gaethje explained how the matchup came to fruition through an accident.

In the interview with Kevin Iole, Justin Gaethje claimed he accidentally talked the Max Holloway fight into existence. Here is what he said:

I kind of talked this into existence on accident. I said, ‘I didn’t want to punch Max Holloway, but he’s also a guy that could fight for a BMF belt.’ That turns out into going to be having to punch Max Holloway.

Justin Gaethje (via Kevin Lole)

Holloway has to move up a weight class to fight Justin Gaethje for the BMF title. The last time he fought at lightweight, he lost the fight to Dustin Poirier. Now, he would face the man who defeated Poirier in his previous fight. As such, the fight earned the reputation of the MMA world. Moreover, it being on UFC 300 only helped to garner more hype for the fight and the card as well.

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