The belt may say “BMF,” but the title is a celebration of lightweight awesomeness.
On Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira will square off in the main event of UFC 326, with the UFC’s newest piece of championship hardware at stake. It will be the fourth meeting for the symbolic title since Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz more or less willed it into existence a little over five years ago at UFC 244.
It’s worth noting that despite the BMF title being only loosely lineal, it has been contested exclusively by current, former or career lightweights since its inception, including Saturday's meeting between former champ “do Bronxs” and the “Blessed” featherweight great who moved up to 155 pounds to win, then defend, the silvery strap.