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Ilia Topuria Vs Justin Gaethje - Lightweight Title Fight - Ufc Freedom 250 Fight Hd Trend
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00:00Gaethje is 37, Ilya to 40 at 29, Gaethje has 4 inches in height, less pronounced in reach where the
00:06American fighter will have a reach advantage of 1 inch.
00:10Gaethje the interim champ, Ilya, the UFC lightweight champion that will unify the lightweight titles at the White House in
00:18the backdrop.
00:19In the main event's introductions, Bruce Buffett.
00:23Ladies and gentlemen, this is the main event of the evening.
00:31Thank you by the Association of Combat Commissions.
00:35Our three judges scoring this contest at Octagon Side R, Ben Cartlidge, Derek Cleary, and Sal D'Amato.
00:42And when the action begins, our referee in charge of the Octagon, Mark Goddard.
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01:03And now, for those in attendance and UFC fans watching around the world,
01:13this is the moment you've all been waiting for.
01:20Live from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.
01:36It's time!
01:41Five rounds for the undisputed UFC lightweight championship of the world!
01:53Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner!
01:57A mixed martial artist holding a professional record, 27 wins, 5 losses.
02:02He stands, 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing in at 155 pounds.
02:08Fighting out of Denver, Colorado, by way of Sanford, Arizona!
02:12He is the former UFC BMF champion, and the two-time interim UFC lightweight champion,
02:27presenting the challenger, Justin the Highlight Game Show!
02:42And now, introducing his opponent, fighting out of the red corner!
02:49An undefeated mixed martial artist holding a perfect professional record, 17 wins, no losses.
02:55He stands, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing in at 155 pounds.
03:01Fighting out of Alicante, Spain!
03:05Presenting the former UFC featherweight champion,
03:09and the reigning, defending, undisputed UFC lightweight champion of the world!
03:23El Magadar, Iliar, El Magadar, Tampurriar!
03:39Okay, gentlemen, you understand the rules, you find there.
03:41Listen to me at all times, keep yourself protected.
03:43When I say stop, you stop.
03:45If you want to touch, do it now.
03:46God bless.
03:50The tension is palpable, as they say.
03:53About 4,300 people with us here on the south lawn.
03:56Another 80,000 not far away on the ellipse.
04:00Thank you, Chrissy.
04:01Ready to go.
04:02And that is the belt that is on the line here at UFC Freedom 250.
04:09The calm, cool, and collected Iliar Topordia is in the blue center of the octagon.
04:13Justin Gaethje working off of that jab early is in what?
04:16That was a stiff jab by Gaethje there.
04:26Gaethje's jab.
04:27He's walking him down.
04:31Gaethje's jab being heard from early.
04:32That's three.
04:33Nice low kick by Iliar.
04:45Gaethje had to wait a long time, but off to an outstanding start.
04:51It's almost like Topordia doesn't respect what Justin's throwing at him.
04:56Oh, nice leg kick.
04:57That's another one from Topordia.
04:59Justin needs to throw his leg kick.
05:03Oh, nice right.
05:04Oh, big right hand from Topordia after Gaethje appeared to land.
05:09Gaethje landed a good right hand there.
05:10Topordia came back with a right hand of his own.
05:14Topordia is so slick.
05:16The way he holds his hands up and moves with punches.
05:19Oh, right hand over the top.
05:21Nice right hand there by Justin.
05:23Counter got through for the American.
05:25Nice uppercut.
05:27But you can just see, like, the difference in the power, or at least the way Topordia throws.
05:32It seems like his is taking more of an effect.
05:34So precise.
05:35There's a clean right hand by Iliar.
05:39Gaethje pursues the clinch.
05:42Nice uppercut by Gaethje again.
05:46Really good start for the underdog.
05:48Gaethje landed 15 of 26 significant strikes already.
05:52Remember, Gaethje threw so many leg kicks.
05:54He doesn't do that anymore.
05:56I think that would benefit him with Topordia having such a heavy boxing style.
06:00And Topordia is already bloodied up on that right side.
06:03Oh!
06:04Clean right hand.
06:05He's so fast.
06:07Very precise.
06:08He's so quick.
06:12Appears as though it was an uppercut that opened Topordia up.
06:15Oh, nice jab by Jayce.
06:18It's when Justin grabs that single.
06:20He fakes a single, then grabs an uppercut.
06:22Throws an uppercut.
06:26Oh, another nice jab.
06:28The timing in that jab is nice.
06:33Topordia to the body.
06:34Continues to invest in that low leg kick as well.
06:37That uppercut by Justin is landing.
06:47Gaethje particularly sharp early.
06:48Topordia closes the distance.
06:50Right hand partially lands for Gaethje.
06:58Oh, another jab.
06:59They traded jabs there.
07:01That jab by Gaethje is solid.
07:06Oh, another uppercut there in tight.
07:08When Topordia closes the distance, Justin grabs his leg and it throws an uppercut up the middle.
07:14Under two now to go in round one.
07:17Topordia is going to just keep pressing though.
07:22Oh!
07:22Nice right hand by Justin.
07:24Beautiful right hand.
07:26Couldn't ask for a much better start for Justin Gaethje.
07:29Closed plus 350 or so.
07:32Trading at 29% right now.
07:34Polimark and a big right hand for Gaethje.
07:38Huge opening round so far for the challenger.
07:45But you also know the danger is always there from Topordia.
07:49But as you get damage put on you, you lose power.
07:54Topordia better get going.
07:55Oh, right hand by Topordia and a left hook behind it.
08:02Gaethje still able to follow up with his own offense.
08:04Now looks about...
08:05Two left swings by Topordia inside.
08:09And Iliad just throws hard whenever he gets him closer.
08:12He talks about his ability in the pocket.
08:18Oh, they're trading early.
08:22Oh!
08:23Oh!
08:25Oh my goodness.
08:27These dudes are going at it.
08:28This is wild.
08:29An absolutely incredible start to round one.
08:33This is a crazy pace too.
08:36Crazy.
08:40Topordia's got under 30 seconds to make good on his round one.
08:43Knockout prediction.
08:45Gaethje goes high.
08:47Nice left hook to the body by Topordia.
08:49Right hand over the top.
08:50Good combination by Iliad.
08:55I mean, he's got to go through it.
08:56Oh, nice body shot.
08:57Up to the body.
08:58Oh, right hand.
09:01Late pressure in the round from Topordia.
09:03Oh, the body shot is nasty.
09:05Oh, and Gaethje with a nice right hand cover on the inside.
09:09Wow, what a round.
09:11Woo!
09:16We have not seen to pour you bloody up like this in a while.
09:19If ever.
09:23Breathe deep.
09:25Breathe deep.
09:29Everything.
09:33Everything.
09:35Nice haircut there by Gaethje.
09:38The jab that he landed a boatload in that first round.
09:45Another little left hand by Gaethje.
09:50Beautiful right hand over the top by JG.
09:53But then Topordia had moments, a lot of moments towards the end of that round.
09:56Topordia started to get Justin to reach and move in an awkward way.
10:01And it seemed like you were starting to get a beat on Gaethje, man.
10:04Ripped that left hook to the body multiple times.
10:07And the numbers would tell you, albeit unofficially, that Topordia outlanded Gaethje 39-37.
10:12And Iliad landed at a 67% clip.
10:1547% for Gaethje through five minutes.
10:22All right, here we go.
10:23Round two of a possible five for the UFC lightweight title.
10:30Gaethje started to stand a little bit in front of Topordia too much.
10:35Iliad is so explosive.
10:36You cannot allow him to set his feet.
10:47The thing about Gaethje is Iliad is a little shorter than him.
10:50So when he enters, Gaethje just kind of puts his jab out there and lets him run into it.
10:56You see that?
10:57Yep.
10:58But now Iliad is fainting before he moves in to try to lure out that jab.
11:04Oh, ripped to the body.
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11:17That feint has changed it already.
11:20Look at it.
11:20He's got him reaching.
11:23Topordia connects to the net.
11:25Oh!
11:26And both guys land on that exchange.
11:34Oh, another uppercut.
11:36Topordia continuing his investment in the body just prior.
11:40Topordia just presses you forward with that measured forward pressure.
11:50I love that single leg to the collar tie uppercut by Gaethje.
11:56Topordia's bleeding from the nose now as well.
11:59He's got him.
12:01I love you.
12:02I love you.
12:04I love you.
12:05I love you.
12:05Gaethje jab momentarily keeps Topordia and pay.
12:08Now a nice jab from the champ.
12:11Right hand by Topordia.
12:13Gaethje seems to be kind of rolling as Topordia throws the right hand.
12:16Oh, that's a huge right from Gaethje.
12:19Topordia with a great chin ate it pretty well.
12:24Nice jab by Justin.
12:26Oh!
12:27Nice number cut.
12:28Again
12:32Body man that body's hurt big right hand for top 40 a cage. He fires back as usual
12:40Before his left hook is real powerful here comes it there it is to the body
12:47Right in front of us
12:50Again
12:54Again
12:55Oh, thank you just that range with the uppercut is still 40 it continues to apply pressure
12:59Reset there for gates all the point with uppercut there
13:03He's digging that body shop gate just trying everything
13:11It comes up live and yeah, get you start to tuck the elbows
13:14Oh my goodness
13:17Can't you bloody better firing back the proceed?
13:26Can't see in a world of trouble real trouble here
13:32Oh
13:36Just get it back
13:42We're here on bar
13:47Pull your pills on the arm ball for now
13:49I mean that body work was crazy, but before you and we have seen him do this before on multiple
13:55occasions look for the triangle here
13:58Oh, it's a poor use one triangle from the top
14:00Watcher out justin
14:02Watcher out justin
14:02Ate wins by submission for the BJJ black belt topordia
14:05And now he can switch arm bar
14:10He's going to roll him over with the leg
14:14Oh, that was nice joe
14:16Beautiful
14:16Come on
14:18Justin's got to come up now
14:19Justin's got to explode
14:19There it is
14:21I'm deported that side control
14:24Gagee staying spot in the face of pressure and about to get mounted here
14:27I mean the Ilias grappling is elite too. You see that right now the way he's moving around Gagee
14:35A lot of energy expended on both sides and a lot of offense from topordia
14:41Gagee's got to be trying to find a way to get to the end of this round
14:48Those body shots look very tired
14:51Ilias showing some signs of fatigue right now as well. Yeah, really went for it in the second round
14:56And the pace is insane
15:09He may be riding this out. Yeah, oh he has to right this one's at the back
15:13This is Ilias round Ilias from in the second round heard it back to the body looked like he was
15:18gonna finish it
15:19But now Justin gets to go to his stool try to recover and try to refocus for a third round
15:24What a fight
15:25Through ten and a critical 60 seconds on the stools here before round three
15:35Sit down
15:37Yeah
15:40Good slowly bring it back
15:44Hey
15:45That was a good body shot. Hey, that was a good body shot. Hey
15:48Start pressing him
15:49Start pressing him. No more backwards. He's pushing you back to the fence
15:52Press him and time him
15:53You either drop step or you open your left foot
15:55You got me and start bringing the low kick now
15:57He's forgot about it. You have to dig into him though. Okay. No more falling back. You got me deep
16:03breath
16:04Here we go. Big drink for me. This is on you. This is on you drink
16:08Good. Another one. Another one
16:12Good job. Hey
16:14Stay focused. This is what we change
16:16Forward with left pressure
16:17Left pressure is bringing the low kick
16:19Kick him off his feet
16:20He almost slapped with the right hand
16:22He was slapping up top
16:24Not even really making a fist
16:25To open up that left hook to the body
16:28Trevor Whitman doing a great job centering Justin Gaethje and again with pointed advice he wants forward motion
16:35This scene is so surreal. The fog is rolling through the cage
16:39This fight is incredible
16:41He wants Gaethje pressing forward. He said he's allowing Teporee to back him up
16:45This is good for Gaethje. Get close. Get in contact. Try to clinch and hold him
16:49Because Ilya, I mean both of them are fatigued. The pace has been so high
16:53But Ilya did look a little tired going back to the end of that round
17:04To Cordia landing a remarkable 72%
17:08Of his significant strikes
17:10John, 60 something percent in the first round, 70 in the second
17:13It's crazy
17:14He does appear to be a little bit fatigued. Coach Dean Thomas, what do you got?
17:18This is a bad spot for Gaethje
17:21It seems physically at times
17:22He ended that round bad
17:23But it's not all that bad for him because he's been in these wars before
17:26He's got to be able to draw from that experience and take
17:30Because we've never seen Taboria in a war so Gaethje does have some advantages as the way this fight is
17:36playing out
17:36And there was the low kick from Gaethje and that was what Trevor Whitman was calling for in the corner
17:41said
17:41He's not gonna anticipate it. He landed it hard. Well, Ilya is waiting because he's trying to get his second
17:46win
17:46Justin's got to get to work right now not allow for him to rebuild his win
17:50That's a great read champ Ilya to put it has been 25 minutes of the UFC against Josh Emmett back
17:55in
17:552023 it was a fight of the night, but largely it was one way traffic, right? And that's the difference,
18:00right?
18:00He's taken damage. He's been hit, but if you're Justin you want to do what Trevor Whitman said you got
18:05to start kicking that leg
18:06Justin looks fresher right now. Ilya looks like he really drained himself trying to finish
18:11And he looks much slower right now
18:13And there's like a power threat still because he is so hard, but that threat goes down from 10 to
18:19like six
18:20When you start getting around three four five
18:23Well, and I don't have to tell you guys but wrestling and grappling is exhausting Gaethje oftentimes will say he
18:28doesn't wrestle a lot in MMA because
18:30He's worried about it, but here's that jab again by Gaethje Gaethje looks the fresher fighter
18:36Oh
18:37Huge slide for Gaethje!
18:39No show, no show, no show!
18:43He hurt Toporiya bad
18:47Toporiya was almost standing in front of him just waiting
18:51Hard to see the extent to which Toporiya has recovered
18:53Huge moment for Gaethje midway through round three! Huge moment
18:58Number four!
19:00thumb
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19:04Toporiya
19:09back to his feet Toporiya
19:11is in trouble He's in
19:12but look at his face We've never seen
19:14Elliot Toporiya like this before His face battered
19:20Cut over the right
19:21eye bruising over the
19:23left eye
19:24and that's not gonna help matters even if partially blocked look at his face
19:29his face is destroyed right now we've never seen him like this
19:34and when toporia throws offense gaichi now making him pay but gaichi's got to
19:39press a little bit because like you said i think that was such a great point
19:43Dean's point toporia has not experienced these wars we've seen gaichi in these
19:48constantly but we're still only in the third yeah he's got to save some but if if gaichi
19:55actually allows for him to build back into this fight but i believe that ilia will start to take
20:00over again perhaps but if gaichi can still do this if ilia really holds up and if he can continue
20:07to
20:07chip away at him like this another right hand there landed by gaichi
20:14right hand again ilia's in real trouble look at his face oh gaichi almost fell over
20:23oh
20:32you hear the gaichi chance you can imagine how raucous it is over on the ellipse right
20:37now one minute now to go round three toporia fires back he's searching for that body shot again
20:50he has heard it to pour you back with that right hand
20:55so portia circles away body language not ideal
21:01oh my goodness this is crazy this is crazy we have never seen the champion look like this in the
21:08fight before gaichi presses forward with the knee
21:16justin earlier's career would throw leg kicks from inside the clinch
21:22so portia's only fought a handful of times at lightweight in the ufc this is first title
21:27defense tonight oh my goodness that was a massive wrong for gaichi nice needle leg there by gaichi
21:33the tie turns in round
21:36look in his face as he goes back to his corner oh my goodness i've never seen ilia look like
21:47this before
21:51i want to see his body language i want to see what his body tells me
21:56the doctor because he can see with this house
21:59you hear that it's all the doctor he can see in the right eyes
22:04he cannot see it call the doctor yeah they're calling for the doctor in the corner this is crazy
22:13is he saying he can't see at the right eye you can see it i cannot see anything oh it's
22:18over
22:19if he says that the doctor's going to stop the fight they're going to stop the fight
22:26how are you feeling if he says he can't see look at me look at me do you want to
22:31continue
22:31of course yeah i want to continue
22:37give him water oh my goodness oh my goodness
22:43ilia
22:46get it away from me get away from me
22:51time time all right mark god to make your session please given the ringside position a chance to make
22:56his decision but this is allowing him to recover yeah this is not the way it's supposed to be
23:01this allows to pour you more time the referee's not the fight no the doctor's saying no
23:10oh this is crazy but this is crazy mark goddard taking his time as the best in the business
23:16this guy needs to get they need to get fighting
23:25this is more time for ilia to recover though this is not good none of this is good let it
23:30go
23:30if you're gonna let it go but this is crazy they gave him another minute yeah he got another minute
23:35that is wild tonight's championship rounds are brought to you by ram trucks nothing
23:44stops ram seemed like the doctor was ready to stop the fight
23:51we will continue now with round four but if you're to pour you you got two minutes in between you
23:58got
23:58to take advantage of the extra time you got to recover and it was exactly a full extra minute
24:03on the screws two minutes between rounds that's crazy yeah but then uh one of our producers said
24:09gaethje did too but gaethje wasn't the one that was struggling as bad with the cardio exactly and he
24:14wasn't the one that was hurt badly and ilia looks better already and i'm not seeing it
24:20just a minute i'm just saying that he looks like he's ready to fight now but that guy would not
24:27quit he's not going to quit on himself he's going to keep trying to find another hard right hand
24:33he's not seeing him oh beautiful throw by gaethje yo this this is so smart to just make it make
24:40him
24:40work make him fight make him work in every situation don't go to you cover it up gaethje continues to
24:47throw
24:48offense his way they're talking to each other oh oh shoots up from gaethje
25:01nice jab from justin
25:05nice leg kick there by teporia what an absolute war for the lightweight title
25:12i have never seen ilia teporia's face this beat up no just not the name is close
25:16justin gaethje hit so hard that is what guys have said when we asked all those great lightweights
25:23poirier yes who hit you the hardest they said justin gaethje almost unanimously well coming in here
25:29topuri had two minutes and 27 seconds of fight time against an elite lightweight gaethje had hours
25:34so there were a lot of advantages that maybe the public didn't see on the gaethje side he's got
25:39a lead here with eight or so minutes also gaethje is physically a much larger man oh another right hand
25:46ilia just touched his left eye and justin kind of like almost gestured at him
25:50oh look at the swelling around that left eye it's crazy
26:01ilia teporia oh nice right hand by teporia that might hurt gaethje
26:07that was a big right hand
26:13it changed whenever gaethje was the one that started taking the center
26:17the point of the body in the right hand gaethje circles out on her two and a half to go
26:27round four
26:32fighters exchanged jabs oh big right hand
26:37and immediately answered by gaethje that uppercut that's hurting him yeah that might be
26:43that one he's bad he's hurt yeah there's a bone protrusion on the right side there oh my goodness
26:51so portia is absolutely battered in that facial region under two round four
26:58is just so used to that and you gotta think that that right eye swelling up like that left eye
27:04swelling
27:04like that oh oh that was nice job by the truck isolating that front of the eye
27:17and that's the reaction perhaps from topoya
27:29i gotta give it to topoya man at the end of that third round it looked like he was done
27:35out of this and he is fighting a really good fourth round now this is a terrible situation for justin
27:42oh elbow to be this exhausted and to get mounted like this
27:46i mean we might be going to a round uh fifth round but this thing is two to two yeah
27:52because the portia has fought a really good fourth round
27:55and justin can explode out of this he's almost out oh okay she tucks out of harm's way
28:09to portia and gaethje have each landed 131 total strikes
28:14he gets a quick shot at the climb
28:28that's not a good sign for topori that he bailed on that takedown attempt
28:32well justin got his hips down gaethje needs to be punching though he's got to be working
28:37he's got to try to make ilia work through this last 20 20 seconds of the round 10 seconds
28:46big knee by gaethje late round four he's in serious pain from that shot to the body
28:53oh that knee hurt him that knee hurt him bad gaethje is tired
29:03okay he just said something to his brother no no no no we finished the fight we finished the fight
29:09wow no we finished it's almost like he's trying to not finish and that'll do it
29:12that's it oh it's unbelievable and new oh my goodness justin gaethje with the ultimate career
29:22capstone at the world he retired on his stool oh my goodness
29:30ilia topordia's brother trying to say we're going to finish the fight but topordia could not
29:35do it and new unbelievable geez down now the american justin gaethje one of the great upsets
29:45in the history of the sport that's crazy that's one of the biggest upsets
29:52especially with how bad ilia had in the second round come on well perhaps in terms of the betting
29:58line but given everything that justin gaethje had accomplished in this lightweight division
30:05you've got to think some segment of the fan base and the pundits are not surprised that he was able
30:10to
30:11get his brand of violence on ilia topordia i mean we talk about this constantly he is just the master
30:18of
30:19brutality and he just systematically broke ilia topordia down he was hard bad at times in this fight and he
30:26was
30:26able to just keep fighting and i mean put one of the biggest upsets i've seen i i mean that
30:32was a
30:32uphill battle from the moment this fight was announced that justin gaethje would get the job done but he
30:38believed and he did and certainly it'll be interesting to see what sort of rebuild is in store for ilia
30:44topordia
30:45but tonight belongs to the safford arizona native and proud american the highlight justin gaethje on top of
30:54the mma world
31:00okay they're saying that the corner stopped the fight all right we're being told one of the corner
31:05men stopped the fight it certainly wasn't his brother who said audibly we are going to finish the
31:10fight yeah one of the corner men stopped the fight and justin gaethje is the new undisputed
31:15lightweight champion that's crazy man the one thing that had alluded justin gaethje was that undisputed
31:21tiger not anymore he will learn to his mom and his dad this support that this family gives justin is
31:28crazy and tonight he went out there to represent himself his family and the united states of america
31:35john we spoke about storylines the whole night if that was a setting for a monumental upset
31:43it was this and justin gaethje just did it they continue to attend to ilia topordia perhaps
31:51it was javier clement who stopped the fight to try to protect his fighter to fight another day gaethje
31:58goes over to acknowledge topordia those two fighters forever linked but jg got it done it's kind of crazy
32:05because i thought topordia's fourth round was his best round in a while but right here you see gaethje
32:11with the beautiful right hand boom that's the one that hurt topordia i mean ilia's face is just destroyed
32:19big right hand by gaethje drops topordia justin jumped on that darts choke
32:25another right hand i mean once topordia's eyes swole shut gaethje could not miss with the right hand and
32:31watch at the end of this round justin oh my god knees him right at the rib and you can
32:37see topordia
32:38immediately take his left elbow back you could tell he was hurt bad by the way he got up to
32:44go back to
32:44his stool you could tell that ilia was very hurt and you remember back in the day when justin gaethje
32:51first won the interim lightweight championship he unceremoniously tossed the belt on the ground and
33:00now he's the undisputed champ but we saw alexander topordia say we're going to finish the fight
33:08but somebody else got involved all eyes on the highlight justin gaethje we'll talk to him next
33:13as we roll on where this is paramount plus
33:24june 26th
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