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00:00Gaethje is 37, Hylia Toputia 29, Gaethje has 4 inches in height, less pronounced in reach
00:06where the American fighter will have a reach advantage of 1 inch, Gaethje the interim champ
00:11Hylia, the UFC lightweight champion, that will unify the lightweight titles with the
00:17White House in the backdrop, in your main event's introductions, Bruce Buffett.
00:23Ladies and gentlemen, this is the main event of the evening, sanctioned by the Association
00:33of Combat Commissions, our three judges scoring this contest at Octagon Side-R, Ben Cartlidge,
00:40Derek Cleary, and Sal D'Amato, and when the action begins, our referee in charge of the
00:44Octagon, Mark Goddard.
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01:03And now, for those in attendance and UFC fans watching around the world, this is the moment
01:15you've all been waiting for, live from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.
01:36It's time!
01:42Five rounds for the undisputed UFC lightweight championship of the world!
01:53Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner, a mixed martial artist, holding a professional
01:59record, 27 wins, five losses, he stands, five feet, 11 inches tall, weighing in at 155 pounds,
02:08fighting out of Denver, Colorado, by way of Sanford, Arizona, he is the former UFC BMF champion,
02:19and the two-time interim UFC lightweight champion, presenting the challenger, Justin, the highlight,
02:37Alicante!
02:42And now, introducing his opponent, fighting out of the red corner, an undefeated mixed martial
02:50artist, holding a perfect professional record, 17 wins, no losses, he stands, five feet, seven
02:57inches tall, weighing in at 155 pounds, fighting out of Alicante, Spain, presenting the former
03:07UFC featherweight champion, and the reigning, defending undisputed UFC lightweight champion of the world,
03:22B, B, B, Iliar!
03:25B, B, B, G, D, O, OF, B, G, O, S, T, C, R, R,
03:31N, M, S, T, C, R, N, M, S, T, C, C, R, N, S, V, S, C, R.
03:45if you want to touch through it now.
03:46God bless.
03:50Detention 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.
04:03And that is the belt that is on the line
04:05here at UFC Freedom 250.
04:09The calm, cool, and collected Iliad Topordia
04:11is in the blue center of the Octagon.
04:13Justin Gaethje working off of that jab early, as in what?
04:16That was a stiff jab by Gaethje there.
04:26Warrior's walking him down.
04:31Gaethje's jab being hurt from early.
04:32That's three.
04:33Nice low kick by Nia.
04:39Nice uppercut by Gaethje.
04:45Gaethje had to wait a long time
04:46and off to an outstanding start.
04:51It's almost like Topordia doesn't respect
04:53what 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 hand.
05:04Oh, big right hand from Topordia
05:06after 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
05:15with the way he holds his hands up
05:17and moves with punches.
05:18Oh!
05:19Right hand over the top.
05:21Nice right hand there by Justin Gaethje.
05:23Counter got through for the American.
05:25Nice uppercut.
05:27But you can just see, like,
05:28the difference in the power
05:30or 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 Iliad.
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 throws so many leg kicks.
05:54He doesn't do that anymore.
05:56I think that would benefit him
05:58with 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.
06:07He's precise.
06:08He's so quick.
06:12Appears as though it was an uppercut
06:13that opened Topordia up.
06:15And it's with Justin.
06:17Nice jab by Jay-Z.
06:18It's when Justin grabs that single.
06:20He fakes a single,
06:21then grabs it up,
06:22throws an uppercut.
06:26Oh, another nice jab.
06:29The 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.
06:49Topordia closes the distance.
06:50Right hand partially lands for Gaethje.
06:57Oh, another jab.
06:59These traded jabs there.
07:01A jab by Gaethje is solid.
07:06Oh, another uppercut there in tight.
07:08When Topordia closes the distance,
07:10Justin grabs his leg
07:11and 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 stall for Justin Gaethje.
07:29He closed plus 350 or so.
07:32Trading at 29% right now.
07:34And Polymark 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.
07:50But as you get damage put on you,
07:52you 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 throws by Topordia inside.
08:09And Iliad just throws hard whenever he gets in close.
08:12He talks about his ability in the pocket.
08:18Oh!
08:19They're trading early.
08:22Oh!
08:22Oh 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.
08:49Good combination by Iliad.
08:54I mean, these guys are throwing.
08:56Oh, nice body shot.
08:57Talked to the body.
08:59Oh, right hand.
09:01Late pressure in the round from Topordia.
09:03Oh, body shot is nasty.
09:06Oh, and Gaethje with a nice right lock.
09:07Power 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.
09:20If ever.
09:23Breathe deep.
09:26That's going to be right.
09:31This is the start.
09:33You're doing everything well.
09:36Nice air cut there by Gaethje.
09:40The 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.
09:55A lot of moments towards the end of that round.
09:56Topordia started to get Justin.
09:58Pull away.
09:58To reach and move in an awkward way.
10:01And it seemed like he was 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,
10:10that Topordia outlanded Gaethje 39-37.
10:12And Ilya 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.
10:35Ilya is so explosive.
10:37You cannot allow him to set his feet.
10:41USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
10:47The thing about Gaethje is Ilya is a little shorter than him.
10:50So when he enters, Gaethje just kind of puts his jab out there
10:53and lets him run into it.
10:56You see that?
10:57Yep.
10:58But now Ilya is fainting before he moves in
11:00to try to lure out that jab.
11:04Oh, ripped to the body.
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11:17That faint has changed it already.
11:20Look at it, he's got him reaching.
11:21Go down.
11:23Topordia connects to the net.
11:25Oh!
11:26And both guys land with 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 is bleeding to the nose now as well.
12:05Gaethje jab momentarily keeps Topordia at bay.
12:07Now a nice jab from the champ.
12:10Right 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.
12:21Ate it pretty well.
12:24Nice jab by Justin.
12:25Oh, nice uppercut again.
12:29Nice uppercut again.
12:29Nice uppercut again.
12:32That body man, that body's hurting.
12:34Oh, and a big right hand for Topordia.
12:36Gaethje fires back as usual.
12:38That left hook to the body is money for DeForea.
12:40DeForea's left hook is real powerful.
12:43Here it comes again.
12:44There it is.
12:45Rips to the body.
12:47Right in front of us.
12:49To the liver.
12:49That would hurt him.
12:51Again.
12:55Oh, Gaethje just out of range with the uppercut as Topordia continues to apply pressure.
13:00Reset there from Gaethje.
13:01Oh, Topordia with an uppercut there.
13:03He's digging that body shot.
13:05Gaethje's trying everything.
13:11Here comes that left hand.
13:12Yep.
13:13Gaethje's trying to tuck the elbows.
13:15Oh, my goodness.
13:17Gaethje bloody batter and firing back.
13:20The preceding.
13:20Oh, he goes down.
13:22Oh, we hurt him with that liver shot.
13:26Gaethje in a world of trouble.
13:28Real trouble here.
13:29Real trouble.
13:30Oh, the amount to them.
13:32Oh.
13:36He's got his back.
13:42He's got his armbar here.
13:43Armbar.
13:47Topordia pails on the armbar for now.
13:49I mean, that body work was crazy by Topordia.
13:53And we have seen him do this before on multiple occasions.
13:56Look for the triangle here.
13:58Oh, Topordia's going triangle from the top.
14:02A-win by submission for the BJJ black belt.
14:05Topordia.
14:06And now he can switch armbar.
14:10Keep your arms.
14:13He's going to roll him over with the leg.
14:15Oh, that was a nice joke.
14:16Beautiful.
14:18Jesse's got to come up now.
14:19That's going to explode.
14:20There it is.
14:22That's side control.
14:24Gaethje's staying spot on the face of pressure.
14:26About to get mounted here.
14:27I mean, Ilya's grappling is a lead, too.
14:31You see that right now, the way he's moving around Gaethje.
14:35A lot of energy expended on both sides.
14:38A lot of offense from Topordia.
14:41Gaethje's got to be trying to find a way to get to the end of this round.
14:45USA! USA! USA!
14:48USA!
14:48Those body shots are very tired.
14:51Ilya's showing some signs of fatigue right now, as well.
14:53Yeah, really went for it in the second round.
14:57I mean, the pace is insane.
15:09He may be bridging this out.
15:11Yeah.
15:11Oh, he has to, right?
15:12This round's at the back.
15:13This is Ilya's round.
15:15Ilya's got a tremendous second round.
15:16Heard him bad for the body.
15:17Looked like he was going to finish it.
15:19But now Justin gets to go to his stool, try to recover.
15:22And try to refocus for a third round.
15:24What a fight.
15:25What a fight through 10 and a critical 60 seconds on the stools here before round three.
15:35Sit down.
15:37Yeah.
15:40Good.
15:41Slowly bring him back.
15:44Hey.
15:45Hey, good body shot.
15:46Hey, that was a good body shot.
15:47Hey.
15:48Start pressing him.
15:49Start pressing him.
15:50No more backwards.
15:50He's pushing you back to the fence.
15:52Press him and time him.
15:54You either drop step or you open your left foot.
15:56You got me?
15:56And start bringing the low kick now.
15:58He's forgot about it.
15:59You have to dig into him though.
16:00Okay?
16:01No more falling back.
16:02You got me?
16:03Deep breath.
16:04Here we go.
16:04Big drink for me.
16:05This is on you.
16:06This is on you.
16:06Drink.
16:08Good.
16:09Another one.
16:09Another one.
16:12Good job.
16:13Hey.
16:14Stay focused.
16:15This is where we change.
16:16Forward.
16:17Left pressure.
16:17Left pressure.
16:18Just bring the low kick.
16:19Kick him off his feet.
16:20He almost slapped with the right hand.
16:23He was slapping up top.
16:24Not even really making a fist.
16:25Left hook.
16:26To open up that left hook to the body.
16:28Trevor Whitman doing a great job centering Justin Gaethje.
16:31And again, with pointed advice, he wants forward motion.
16:35This scene is so surreal.
16:37The fog is rolling through the cage.
16:40This fight is incredible.
16:41He wants Gaethje pressing forward.
16:43He said he's allowing Toporia to back him up.
16:45This is good for Gaethje.
16:47Get close.
16:47Get in contact.
16:48Try to clinch and hold him.
16:50Because Ilya, I mean, both of them are fatigued.
16:52The pace has been so high.
16:53But Ilya did look a little tired going back to the end of that round.
17:04Toporia landing a remarkable 72% of his significant strikes.
17:10John, 60-something percent in the first round.
17:1370 in the second.
17:14It's crazy.
17:15It does appear to be a little bit fatigued.
17:17Coach Dean Thomas, what do you got?
17:19This is a bad spot for Gaethje.
17:21It seems physically at times he ended that round bad.
17:23But it's not all that bad for him because he's been in these wars before.
17:27He's got to be able to draw from that experience and take Toporia into a war
17:31because we've never seen Toporia in a war.
17:33So Gaethje does have some advantages as the way this fight is playing out.
17:37And there was the low kick from Gaethje.
17:38And that was what Trevor Whitman was calling for in the corner.
17:41He said he's not going to anticipate it.
17:42He landed it hard.
17:43Well, Ilya is waiting because he's trying to get his second win.
17:47Justin's got to get to work right now, not allow for him to rebuild his win.
17:50That's a great read, champ.
17:51Ilya Toporia has been 25 minutes in the UFC against Josh Emmett back in 2023.
17:55It was a fight of the night, but largely it was one-way traffic.
17:59Yes, right.
17:59And that's the difference, right?
18:00He's taken damage.
18:02He's been hit.
18:03But if you're Justin, you want to do what Trevor Whitman said,
18:05you've got to start kicking that leg.
18:07Justin looks fresher right now.
18:08Ilya 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 hits so hard.
18:16But that threat goes down from 10 to like 6 when you start getting it around 3, 4, and 5.
18:23Well, and I don't have to tell you guys, but wrestling and grappling is exhausting.
18:26Gaethje oftentimes will say he doesn't wrestle a lot in MMA because he's worried about it.
18:32There's that jab again by Gaethje.
18:34Gaethje puts the pressure fire.
18:36Oh, my hand, he hurt him.
18:38Huge right for Gaethje.
18:39Dorsho, Dorsho, Dorsho.
18:43He hurt Toporia bad.
18:47Toporia was almost standing in front of him just waiting.
18:51Hard to see the extent to which Toporia has recovered.
18:54Huge moment for Gaethje midway through round 3.
18:57Huge moment.
19:00And here come the USA chants here on the sub-lawn.
19:08Toporia back to his feet.
19:10Toporia is in trouble.
19:12He's beat.
19:12Look at his face.
19:13We've never seen Ilya Toporia like this before.
19:17His face battered.
19:20Cut over the right eye.
19:22Bruising over the left eye.
19:23Head kick.
19:24And that's not going to help matters even if partially blocked.
19:28Look at his face.
19:29His face is destroyed right now.
19:31We've never seen him like this.
19:34And when Toporia throws offense, Gaethje now making him pay.
19:38But Gaethje's got to press a little bit.
19:41Because like you said, I think that was such a great point.
19:43Dean's point.
19:45Toporia has not experienced these wars.
19:47We've seen Gaethje in these constantly.
19:50But we're still only in the third.
19:52Yeah.
19:53He's got to save some.
19:54But if Gaethje actually allows for him to build back into this fight, I believe that Ilya will start to
20:00take over again.
20:01Perhaps.
20:02But if Gaethje can still do this.
20:04If Ilya really throws up right hand.
20:06And if he can continue to chip away at him like this.
20:10Another right hand there landed by Gaethje.
20:15Right hand again.
20:18Ilya's in real trouble.
20:19Look at his face.
20:21Oh.
20:22Gaethje almost fell over.
20:23Oh.
20:28Gaethje! Gaethje! Gaethje! Gaethje! Gaethje! Gaethje!
20:32You hear the Gaethje chance.
20:34You can imagine how raucous it is over on the ellipse right now.
20:37One minute now to go round three.
20:39Toporia fires back.
20:40He's searching for that body shot again.
20:44Oh, yeah.
20:45Nice right hand by the champ.
20:46Acknowledge by Gaethje.
20:47Oh!
20:48He heard him.
20:50He has heard it to Portia back with that right hand.
20:55Toporia circles away.
20:57Body language.
20:58Not ideal.
21:01Oh, my goodness.
21:03This is crazy.
21:04This is crazy.
21:06We have never seen a champion look like this in a fight before.
21:10Gaethje presses forward with a knee.
21:16Justin earlier his career would throw leg kicks from inside the clinch.
21:23So, Portia's only fought a handful of times at lightweight in the UFC.
21:26This is first title defense tonight.
21:28Oh, my goodness.
21:29That was a massive round for Gaethje.
21:32Nice knee to the leg there by Gaethje.
21:34The tie turns in round three.
21:38Oh!
21:42Look at his face as he goes back to his corner.
21:44Oh, my goodness.
21:45I've never seen Ilya look like this before.
21:51I want to see his body language.
21:53I want to see what his body tells me in between rounds.
21:57Doctor, because he can see with this house.
22:00You hear that?
22:00Call the doctor.
22:01He can see in the right eyes.
22:04He cannot see it.
22:06Call the doctor.
22:08They're calling for the doctor in the corner.
22:10This is crazy.
22:13Is he saying he can't see?
22:15You can see it.
22:16I cannot see anything.
22:18Oh, it's over.
22:19If he says that, the doctor's going to stop the fight.
22:22They're going to stop the fight.
22:23They're going to stop the fight.
22:26How are you feeling?
22:27If he says he can't see it, they're going to stop this.
22:30Look at me.
22:30Do you want to continue?
22:33Of course.
22:33Yeah, I want to continue.
22:38Give him water.
22:39Oh, my goodness.
22:39Oh, my goodness.
22:43Ilya.
22:47Get it away from me.
22:49Get it away from me.
22:51Time.
22:52Time.
22:52Mark Goddard has now called time, given the ringside position a chance to make his decision.
22:57Yeah, but this is allowing him to recover.
22:58Yeah, this is not the way it's supposed to be.
23:00This allows him to pour you more time.
23:03The referee's not the fight.
23:05No.
23:06The doctor's saying no.
23:08Hey.
23:08Hey.
23:10Oh, this is crazy.
23:12But this is crazy.
23:13Mark Goddard taking his time as the best in the business.
23:16But this guy needs to get.
23:17They need to get fighting.
23:25This is more time for Ilya to recover, though.
23:28This is not good.
23:29None of this is good.
23:30I want to let it go.
23:31You're going to let it go.
23:32But this is crazy.
23:33They gave him another miniature minute.
23:34Yeah, he got another minute to recover.
23:36That is wild.
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23:46Seemed like the doctor was ready to stop the fight.
23:51We will continue now with round four.
23:55But if you're Teporia, you've got two minutes in between.
23:58You've got to take advantage of the extra time you've got to recover.
24:01And it was exactly a full extra minute on the screws.
24:04Two minutes between rounds.
24:06That's crazy.
24:07Yeah, but then one of our producers said Gaethje did, too.
24:10But Gaethje wasn't the one that was struggling as bad with the cardio.
24:13Exactly.
24:14And he wasn't the one that was hurt badly.
24:17And Ilya looks better already.
24:19And I'm not seeing his shot for a minute.
24:22I'm just seeing that he looks like he's ready to fight now.
24:26But that guy would not quit.
24:28Ilya had to play, wasn't he?
24:29He's not going to quit on himself.
24:31He's going to keep trying to fight.
24:32Justin just landed another hard right hand.
24:33He's not seeing that.
24:34Oh!
24:35Beautiful throw by Gaethje.
24:37Yo, this is so smart.
24:39To just make him look.
24:41Make him fight.
24:41Make him work in every situation.
24:44Toporio covering up.
24:46Gaethje continues to throw offense his way.
24:51They're talking to each other.
24:53Oh, my God.
24:56Oh!
24:57Shoots up from Gaethje.
25:01Nice jab from Justin.
25:05Nice leg kick there by Toporio.
25:07What an absolute war for the lightweight title.
25:12I have never seen Ilya Toporio's face this beat up.
25:15No.
25:16Not the name is close.
25:17Justin Gaethje hit so hard.
25:18That is what guys have said.
25:20When we asked all those great lightweights.
25:22Poirier.
25:23Khabib.
25:23Yes.
25:24Who hit to the hardest?
25:25They said Justin Gaethje almost unanimously.
25:28Well, coming in here, Toporio had two minutes and 27 seconds of fight time against an elite lightweight.
25:33Gaethje had hours.
25:34So, there were a lot of advantages that maybe the public didn't see on the Gaethje side.
25:39He's got a lead here with eight or so minutes.
25:42Also, Gaethje is physically a much larger man.
25:45Another right hand.
25:46Ilya just touched his left eye and Justin kind of like almost gestured at him.
25:52Look at the swelling around that left eye.
25:54It's crazy.
26:01Ilya Toporio.
26:02Oh!
26:03Nice fight in by Toporio.
26:04That might have hurt Gaethje.
26:07That was a big right hand.
26:13It changed whenever Gaethje was the one that started taking the center.
26:17Toporio seems to be in turn on going forward again.
26:20Gaethje makes his head.
26:21Now a knee.
26:23Toporio, the body and a right hand.
26:25Gaethje circles out on her two and a half to go round four.
26:32The fighters exchanged jabs.
26:35Oh, big right hand.
26:37And immediately answered by Gaethje.
26:39That uppercut.
26:40That uppercut hurt him.
26:42Yeah, that might be...
26:43That was bad.
26:44He's hurt.
26:46Yeah, there's a bone protrusion on the right side there.
26:49Oh, my goodness.
26:51Toporio is absolutely battered in that facial region under two round four.
26:58Russell is just so used to the kind of wars.
27:01And you've got to think that that right eye is swelling up like that.
27:04That left eye is swelling like that.
27:08Oh, that was a bum.
27:09Nice job by the truck.
27:11Isolating that thumb to the eye.
27:17That's the reaction perhaps from Toporio.
27:30I've got to give it to Toporio, man.
27:32At the end of that third round, it didn't look like he was done.
27:35Oh, look at this.
27:35And he is fighting a really good fourth round now.
27:38This is a terrible situation for Justin.
27:42Oh, elbow.
27:43To be this exhausted and to get mounted like this.
27:47I mean, we might be going to do a round, a fifth round, where this thing is two to two.
27:51Yeah.
27:52Because Toporio has fought a really good fourth round.
27:55And Justin can explode out of this.
27:58He's almost out.
27:59Oh, okay.
28:00Oh!
28:05He ducks out of harm's way.
28:10Toporio and He have each landed 131 total strikes.
28:14He gets a quick check at the climb.
28:19Toporio with a takedown or it looked like a good entry.
28:22Oh, it's a draw.
28:29That's not a good sign for Toporio that he bailed on that takedown attempt.
28:33Well, Justin got his hips down.
28:35Gaethje needs to be punching, though.
28:36He's got to be working.
28:37He's got to try to make Ilya work through this last 20 seconds of the round.
28:4210 seconds.
28:46Big knee by Gaethje.
28:48Late round four.
28:50He's in serious pain from that shot to the body.
28:53Oh, that knee hurt him.
28:55That knee hurt him bad.
29:04He just said something to his brother.
29:06No, no, no, no.
29:07We finished the fight.
29:08We finished the fight.
29:09No, we finished the fight.
29:10It's almost like he's trying to not finish.
29:12And that'll do it.
29:13That's it.
29:14It's an eight-up.
29:14He's gone.
29:15And new.
29:16Whoa!
29:17He's re-reported lightweight champion.
29:19Oh, my goodness.
29:20Justin Gaethje with the ultimate career capstone at the World's.
29:26He retired on his stool.
29:28Oh, my goodness.
29:31Ilya Toputia's brother trying to say we're going to finish the fight, but Toputia could
29:35not.
29:36And knew.
29:38Unbelievable.
29:40Jeez.
29:41Down to now, the American Justin Gaethje.
29:44One of the great upsets in the history of the sport.
29:47That's crazy.
29:49That's one of the biggest upsets.
29:52Especially with how bad Ilya had in the second round.
29:55Come on.
29:56Well, perhaps in terms of the betting line, but given everything that Justin Gaethje had
30:02accomplished in this lightweight division, you've got to think some segment of the fanbase
30:07and the pundits are not surprised that he was able to get his brand of violence on Ilya Toputia.
30:14I mean, we talk about this constantly.
30:17He is just the master of brutality.
30:19And he just systematically broke Ilya Toputia down.
30:23He was hurt bad at times in this fight.
30:26And he was able to just keep fighting.
30:28And I mean, pull one of the biggest upsets I've seen.
30:31I mean, that was an uphill battle from the moment this fight was announced that Justin Gaethje
30:36would get the job done.
30:37But he believed, and he did.
30:39And certainly it'll be interesting to see what sort of rebuild is in store for Ilya Toputia.
30:45But tonight belongs to the Safford, Arizona native and proud American, the highlight, Justin
30:53Gaethje on top of the MMA world.
30:56Hold that flag up.
30:58Let's go.
30:59Hold that flag up.
31:00Okay, they're saying that the corner stopped the fight.
31:03All right, we're being told one of the corner men stopped the fight.
31:07It certainly wasn't his brother who said audibly, we are going to finish the fight.
31:11And one of the corner men stopped the fight.
31:13And Justin Gaethje is the new undisputed lightweight champion.
31:16That's crazy, man.
31:18The one thing that had alluded to Justin Gaethje was that undisputed title,
31:22not anymore as he will deliver to his mom and his dad.
31:25The support that this family gives Justin is crazy.
31:29And 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.
31:39If there was a setting for a monumental upset, it was this.
31:44And Justin Gaethje just did it.
31:47They continued to attend to Iliad Toporia.
31:50Perhaps it was Javier Clement who stopped the fight to try to protect his fighter to fight another day.
31:58Gaethje goes over to acknowledge Toporia.
32:00Those two fighters forever linked.
32:02But J.G. got it done.
32:04It's kind of crazy, though, because I thought Toporia's fourth round was his best round in a while.
32:10But right here you see Gaethje with the beautiful right hand.
32:13Boom.
32:13That's the one that hurt Toporia.
32:15I mean, Iliad's face is just destroyed.
32:19Big right hand by Gaethje.
32:20Drops Toporia.
32:22Justin jumped on that dart choke.
32:25Another right hand.
32:26I mean, once Toporia's eyes swole shut, Gaethje could not miss with the right hand.
32:31And then watch at the end of this round.
32:33Justin, oh my God, knees him right at the rib.
32:36And you can see Toporia immediately take his left elbow back.
32:40You could tell he was hurt bad.
32:42By the way, he got up to go back to his stool.
32:45You could tell that Iliad was very hurt.
32:48And you remember back in the day when Justin Gaethje first won the interim lightweight championship.
32:56He unceremoniously tossed the belt on the ground.
32:59And now he's the undisputed champ.
33:01But we saw Alexander Toporia say, we're going to finish the fight.
33:08But somebody else got involved.
33:10All eyes on the highlight.
33:12Justin Gaethje.
33:12We'll talk to him next as we roll on.
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33:25June 26th.
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