Dana White rewards Max Holloway for ‘biggest holy s*** moment of all time’ with $600,000 bonus

Max Holloway pocketed a staggering $600,000 bonus for his heroics at UFC 300.

‘Blessed’ was given $300,000 for being a part of the Fight of the Night with Justin Gaethje and then received a further $300,000 after picking up the Performance of the Night bonus alongside Jiri Prochazka.

The UFC usually dishes out $50,000 to recipients of the awards but Dana White upped the sum for his historic event.

Holloway was well-deserving of both bonuses.

The Hawaiian brawler spectacularly knocked out Gaethje with one second left in their fight to become the new BMF champion in front of a packed-out T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Before the stoppage, both men put on an incredibly exciting all-action affair for the fans and left everything in the Octagon.

The fight undoubtedly stole the show although there were plenty of incredible contests on the card.

Asked if it was difficult to choose the bonus winners for UFC 300, White told assembled media at the post-fight press conference: “It wasn’t difficult at all.

“If you were watching those fights tonight it was pretty clear.

“But this was one of those special nights obviously I’ll take care of [Deiveson] Figueiredo, I’ll take care of [Renato] Moicano, Diego [Lopes], Kayla [Harrison], take care of those guys too.

“We’re going to make sure everyone leaves here in a good mood and feeling like they got what they deserved.”

Speaking specifically about Holloway vs Gaethje, White added: “It was incredible. That fight sucked the f***ing life out everyone tonight.

“The next two fights everyone was sat there looking dead, it was a massive adrenaline dump.

“People always ask me what I do, I sell holy s*** moments for a living.

“That was the ultimate holy s*** moment of all time. If you were at home, if you were in a bar or you were live tonight there is no bigger holy s*** than that.

“That’s why Max Holloway is beloved – and Gaethje. How many times have you seen a fight when you know the guy is winning, they click the ten-second thing and then the guy puts his hands up and just moves around?

“He’s got the fight won and he’s in there with one of the most dangerous f***ing fighters in the business and he says ‘let’s do this’ and they both oblige.

“One second left and a knockout like that, that’s like movie s***.”