Tag: Justin Gaethje

Justin Gaethje Believes Tony Ferguson Will Pass on Him For Next Fight

Justin Gaethje isn’t counting on fighting Tony Ferguson next. Last night (July 7) “The Highlight” made his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gaethje finished Michael Johnson in a war that won’t soon be forgotten. Speaking to the media after the fight, Gaethje said he’s open to a […]

Justin Gaethje isn’t counting on fighting Tony Ferguson next. Last night (July 7) “The Highlight” made his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gaethje finished Michael Johnson in a war that won’t soon be forgotten. Speaking to the media after the fight, Gaethje said he’s open to a […]

The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale Bonuses: Justin Gaethje Banks $100k

Last night’s (Fri. July 7, 2017) Ultimate Fighter Season 25 Finale (TUF 25 Finale) provided the mixed martial arts (MMA) world with quite an exciting night of bouts. Opening up the preliminary card on FS1 was a women’s strawweight bout between Tecia Torres and Julianna Lima. Just 53 seconds into the second round Torres was […]

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Last night’s (Fri. July 7, 2017) Ultimate Fighter Season 25 Finale (TUF 25 Finale) provided the mixed martial arts (MMA) world with quite an exciting night of bouts.

Opening up the preliminary card on FS1 was a women’s strawweight bout between Tecia Torres and Julianna Lima. Just 53 seconds into the second round Torres was able to take Lima’s back and lock in a deep rear-naked choke. Torres picked up her second straight win and the first finish in her MMA career. For her efforts she tok home an extra $50,000.

In our main event of the evening, former World Series Of Fighting (WSOF) lightweight champion Justin Gaethje made his Octagon debut against the No. 5-ranked Michael Johnson. The first round of the bout was one of the most exciting five minutes of fighting in recent memory, as both men hit one another with ridiculously powerful shots, rocking each other at various points.

When the second round opened, however, Gaethje was able to rally and connect on a shot that hurt “The Menace” badly. Although both men were spent physically, “The Highlight” picked his shots carefully and was able to put away Johnson en-route to a victory in his UFC debut.

For putting on the Fight Of The Night, both Johnson and Gaethje were awarded bonuses of $50,000. Gaethje was awarded another $50,000 for his spectacular performance as well, making his total bonus haul of the night a whopping $100,000.

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Conor McGregor Reacts To Justin Gaethje’s Insane UFC Debut

The dust barely settled on the awe-inspiring lightweight main event (watch full highlights here) between Justin Gaethje and Michael Johnson at tonight’s (July 7, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25 Finale from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, when the division’s champion decided to weigh in on the action-jammed slugfest. 155-pound boss Conor McGregor, who’s fully […]

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The dust barely settled on the awe-inspiring lightweight main event (watch full highlights here) between Justin Gaethje and Michael Johnson at tonight’s (July 7, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25 Finale from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, when the division’s champion decided to weigh in on the action-jammed slugfest.

155-pound boss Conor McGregor, who’s fully entrenched in a grueling training camp for his ultra-hyped boing match against legend Floyd Mayweather on August 26, still took a brief moment to show his respect for both warriors in the bloody, back-and-forth match. To McGregor, the bout was simply fighting at its core:

Indeed it was two fighters fighting, and the result was an instant classic that will be hard-pressed to be topped as the best fight of this year thus far, if not one of the greatest two-round fights in MMA history.

“The Menace” came into the bout ranked at number five in the deeply talented UFC 155-pound division, and even though former WSOF lightweight titleholder Gaethje was rocked on two different occasions by Johnson, he ended up eating everything he could throw, wading through huge shots like a zombie to land a fight-shifting uppercut that opened up a path for the finishing sequence full of earth-shattering elbows and knees.

The win instantly inserted “The Highlight” at the top of the stacked arena, creating conversations about matching his high-energy style opposite Tony Ferguson and Edson Barboza, in addition to the top grapplers like Khabib Nurmagomedov and Kevin Lee. If he can get past just one of those names like he did versus “The Menace,” he’d arguably be ready for a shot at “The Notorious” in a fight that could legitimately be pegged as one of the most exciting in octagon history, at least on paper.

Gaethje can obviously take a ton of damage, but could he take McGregor’s vaunted straight left and keep pressing forward?

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Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson Full Fight Video Highlights

Major fireworks were on the agenda when former WSOF lightweight champion Justin Gaethje made his awaited UFC debut against No. 5-ranked veteran Michael “The Menace” Johnson in the main event of tonight’s (July 7, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25 Finale from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the action did not fail to deliver. […]

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Major fireworks were on the agenda when former WSOF lightweight champion Justin Gaethje made his awaited UFC debut against No. 5-ranked veteran Michael “The Menace” Johnson in the main event of tonight’s (July 7, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25 Finale from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the action did not fail to deliver.

No, it didn’t in any way, as “The Highlight” and Johnson threw down in what just may be the best fight of 2017 so far, with Gaethje being wobbled in the first and rocked in the second round thanks to the lightning-fast power punches of “The Menace.” But it was a pace that was unable to be sustained, as Gaethje never stopped walking forward as he ate every shot Johnson threw his way, no matter what.

Peppering the South Florida-based fighter with an endless assault of his trademark leg kicks and pinpoint punches, Gaethje hit Johnson with a big uppercut to turn the tide of the fight in the second round, following up with an endless onslaught of elbows and knees that left referee John McCarthy no choice but stop the bout as Johnson sat on the ground bloodied and exhausted.

It was a telling and thrilling bout where Gaethje delivered on his massive promise by doing everything he said he was going to do by pressing a ruthless pace with an endless amount of power shots, earning himself a ton of notoriety and a fight against a top lightweight like Edson Barboza, Kevin Lee, Tony Ferguson, or even Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Watch the highlights of Gaethje’s thunderous UFC debut here:

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TUF 25 Finale Post-Fight Press Conference

Tonight’s (July 7, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25 Finale is in the books from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the headliner, former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) champion Justin ‘The Highlight’ Gaethje dove headfirst into the deep UFC 155-pound talent pool, wasting no time in battling No. 5-ranked Michael Johnson. The fight delivered […]

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Tonight’s (July 7, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25 Finale is in the books from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In the headliner, former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) champion Justin ‘The Highlight’ Gaethje dove headfirst into the deep UFC 155-pound talent pool, wasting no time in battling No. 5-ranked Michael Johnson. The fight delivered on its substantial promise, delivering perhaps the best fight of the year thus far after “The Highlight” and “The Menace” went to all-out war, with Gaethje winning by vicious second-round stoppage after being rocked twice himself.

Not to be outdone, the co-main event featured a tailor-made redemption story in former disgraced TUF competitor Jesse Taylor meeting TUF 19 finalist Dhiego Lima for a record $250,000 grand prize. Taylor used his vaunted wrestling to submit

The TUF 25 finale’s fighters will appear to answer questions from the media in the post-fight press conference starting shortly after the main card. Watch it streaming live here:

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Justin Gaethje Stops Michael Johnson In Instant Classic

Michael Johnson (17-12) had his moments, but it wasn’t enough against Justin Gaethje (18-0). Johnson swung leather right away and appeared to clip Gaethje momentarily. The speed of Johnson’s hands looked to be apparent early. A combination followed by a knee for Gaethje got his opponent’s attention. A leg kick was there for Gaethje. “The […]

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Michael Johnson (17-12) had his moments, but it wasn’t enough against Justin Gaethje (18-0).

Johnson swung leather right away and appeared to clip Gaethje momentarily. The speed of Johnson’s hands looked to be apparent early. A combination followed by a knee for Gaethje got his opponent’s attention. A leg kick was there for Gaethje.

“The Menace” landed a shot to the body. Gaethje continued to attack the leg of Johnson. “The Highlight” landed a clean left hook. Gaethje showed better defense than his final World Series of Fighting bout. He landed a couple of knees in the clinch.

Johnson hurt his opponent with a right hand. Gaethje fought back until the horn sounded.

Gaethje returned to the leg kicks at the start of the second stanza. Johnson couldn’t check those leg kicks. A right hand stunned Gaethje. Somehow he survived again. Johnson got hit with an elbow and a knee on the break. Digging punches to the body were there for “The Menace.”

An uppercut rocked Johnson. Gaethje landed another uppercut. He had his opponent stumbling. Elbows connected and Johnson went down. A knee to the body landed. A right hand connected. Both men looked drained. Gaethje landed a jumping knee. Another knee crumbled “The Menace” and Gaethje earned the TKO win. Incredible fight.

Final Result: Justin Gaethje def. Michael Johnson via TKO (Strikes) – R2, 4:48

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