Last nights five round main event was nothing short of magnificent, both guys went out there and put it all on the line for 4 hard rounds untill the fight eventually succumb to to a vicious knockout blow delivered by Porrier, which was followed by a flurry of shots which led to referee Herb Dean calling a stop to the fight at 4:24 of the fourth round.
Gaethje came out of the gate hard and was delivering viscous inside leg kicks over and over again, it was looking like those leg kicks were going to be a deciding factor in the fight, as Dustin couldn't put any weight on his back leg, which led to him losing a lot of his striking power.
Normally when a fighter is dealing with dangerous leg kicks, their go to move would be to take their opponent down to the ground , but when you're fighting Gaethje (an all American Wrestler), that just simply is not an option, so instead Dustin bit down on his mouth piece, remained composed and landed an insane volume of punches throughout the fight, eventually leading him to the TKO victory, in what was easily the biggest win of his career.
Round by Round Stats
Here are the fight stats round by round, and then the overall fight stats at the end, you can see the insane volume of punches thrown by Poirier, while most were simply light jabs, they add up a lot, and it would have especially done him favors if the fight went to a decision, which was very unlikely.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Full fight Stats
All in all it was yet again another fight of the year contender for Gaethje, and a serious message to the Lightweight division for Porrier, there's some big things coming for both guys in the future, both guys walked away better off in my opinion, MMA in general benefits from a war like that, and it was an absolute pleasure to watch.
Dustin Poirier Post Fight Scrum
Justin Gaethje Post Fight Scrum
Main Card:
- Dustin Poirier def. Justin Gaethje via fourth-round TKO (0:33)
- Alex Oliveira def. Carlos Condit via submission (R2, 3:17)
- Israel Adesanya def. Marvin Vettori via split decision
- Michelle Waterson def. Cortney Casey via split decision
Undercard:
- Antonio Carlos Junior def. Tim Boetsch via submission (RNC) (R1, 4:28)
- Muslim Salikhov def. Ricky Rainey via second-round TKO (4:12)
- John Moraga def. Wilson Reis via unanimous decison (29-28 x3)
- Brad Tavares def. Krzysztof Jotko via third-round TKO (2:16)
Early Undercard:
- Gilbert Burns def. Dan Moret via KO (punches) at :59 of R2
- Lauren Mueller def. Shana Dobson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Yushin Okami def. Dhiego Lima via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
- Adam Wieczorek def. Arjan Bhullar via submission (omoplata) at 1:59 of R2
- Alejandro Perez def. Matthew Lopez via TKO (strikes) at 3:42 of R2
- Luke Sanders def. Patrick Williams via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
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