Joe Rogan on Justin Gaethje's UFC White House win: 'You couldn't have scripted it better'
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It wouldn't be far-fetched to say Justin Gaethje was fueled by patriotism at UFC Freedom 250. Would it?
"If there's a setting for an American fighter to just spring the greatest upset we've seen in a long time, tonight's the night," UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier said on the post-fight show. "On the 250th anniversary that the United States gained our independence and became a country, a guy went out there, in Justin Gaethje, and showed that American spirit that allowed him to become a world champion against a tough champion in Ilia Topuria."
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Indeed, Gaethje, fighting for the undisputed UFC lightweight title for the third time finally broke through with the performance of his career by outlasting and ultimately breaking Topuria, making him quit on the stool at the end of the fourth round. Through 20 minutes, Gaethje battered Topuria with stiff jabs and hard combos that bloodied his face.
Topuria was immediately transported to a local hospital after the fight.
"Who knows what kind of damage he took?" Joe Rogan said. "We could be looking at broken orbital bones. … We've seen a lot of broken orbital bones, we know what it looks like, that's what it looked like."