{"id":515527,"date":"2026-03-05T07:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515527\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:48:10","slug":"max-holloway-reveals-who-he-wants-wrapping-bmf-title-around-him-at-ufc-326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515527\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Holloway reveals who he wants wrapping BMF title around him at UFC 326"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS \u2013 The BMF title has a short lineage. But every time it&#8217;s been on the line to date, a symbolic title presentation has been in store for the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, UFC CEO Dana White is the one to wrap belts around waists. If White is unavailable for whatever reason, that&#8217;s where matchmaker Sean Shelby or Mick Maynard comes in. But for the BMF title, it&#8217;s different.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In the inaugural BMF title fight, Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson presented Jorge Masvidal with the belt. Masvidal, in turn, presented it to the next winner, <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/justin-gaethje\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Justin Gaethje;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Justin Gaethje<\/a>, who then lost to <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/max-holloway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Max Holloway;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Max Holloway<\/a>. When it was time for Holloway to be presented with the title, Mark Coleman did the honors. On Holloway&#8217;s first defense vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/dustin-poirier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dustin Poirier;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dustin Poirier<\/a>, rapper Lil Wayne wrapped the belt around him.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s next? If Holloway successfully defends against <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/charles-oliveira\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charles Oliveira;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charles Oliveira<\/a> on Saturday at UFC 326 at T-Mobile Arena, he wants the &#8220;real&#8221; BMF to do it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The true BMF,&#8221; Holloway said. &#8220;If you look at my shirt, the real BMF is my wife. I would love her to wrap the belt around me. So if everything goes great there, you best believe I&#8217;m going to be asking Dana White. I&#8217;m going to be like, &#8216;Hey Dana, let my wife do this. She&#8217;s the real BMF.&#8217; Everybody thinks I&#8217;m the BMF because of the title. You don&#8217;t want no smoke with her, I promise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Oliveira also wanted the honor to remain in the family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My father,&#8221; Oliveira told MMA Junkie through an interpreter Tuesday. &#8220;The reality is if my father and my mother hadn&#8217;t believed in me and supported me, none of this would&#8217;ve ever happened. None of this would be possible. I wouldn&#8217;t be here. Having my father put the belt on me, that would be amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/03\/04\/ufc-326-bmf-title-presenter-max-holloway-vs-charles-oliveira\/88990232007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Max Holloway reveals who will wrap BMF title around him at UFC 326;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Max Holloway reveals who will wrap BMF title around him at UFC 326<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2013 The BMF title has a short lineage. 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