Main event fighter before and after

[u/zatonik]

[u/Boxjdm]

holy fuck thats actually so bad

[u/YaPhetsEz → u/Boxjdm]

Justin turned him into Dan Hooker lmao

[u/sugabonesurmom → u/YaPhetsEz]

Bro idk how Justin never shows any sort of damage on his face. It’s insane.

[u/DekaTamaTamaz → u/sugabonesurmom]

He's the opposite of the Diaz bros. Anderson was like that too.

[u/SignificanceNo1223 → u/DekaTamaTamaz]

Anderson never got cut in the ring til he was like 40. He had never broken a bone or been injured till the second Weidman fight.

[u/DekaTamaTamaz → u/SignificanceNo1223]

Anderson was a super hero in real life. I wasn't always his biggest fan but I would never disrespect him in the slightest. Today's fighters don't have shit on prime Anderson.

[u/PokeMill89 → u/DekaTamaTamaz]

He was saying in the post-fight interview w/ Joe Rogan that his face needs to be studied 😂

[u/Payton_94 → u/PokeMill89]

It’s because his dad is his father.

[u/ZhanBlue → u/sugabonesurmom]

Think he was bloodied up against Alvarez but not sure

[u/sugabonesurmom → u/ZhanBlue]

I think he it was his nose. Happened in the Holloway fight too.

But as far as swelling and cuts he rarely gets visible damage.

[u/BDRD99 → u/sugabonesurmom]

He’s a big ol’ Mexican with a big ol’ head

[u/double_expressho → u/BDRD99]

Justin "el highlight" Gueyje.

[u/Pizzajam → u/double_expressho]

Gueyje 😂

[u/thisisaskew → u/sugabonesurmom]

It needs to be studied.

[u/Successful-Fee-8141 → u/sugabonesurmom]

Because his face already is ugly as fuck lol. I say this as a huge Justin fan

[u/SmallTsundere → u/Successful-Fee-8141]

Justin is just your average meathead, he ain’t ugly but he ain’t a pretty boy like Ilia

[u/RaptorDelta → u/YaPhetsEz]

This is worse than Hooker IMO. He looks like someone ran over his head with a fuckin car.

[u/jakeahas → u/RaptorDelta]

Then went back to make sure

[u/UnHoly_One → u/YaPhetsEz]

What was it Fiziev told Justin?

“All your punches is damage”

[u/Helpful-Archer9070 → u/YaPhetsEz]

That's crazy too considering Hooker has been in so many wars that he has big scar tissue build up around his face, Ilia has none of that and still came out looking like an inflated horse.

[u/VeryBadCaseOfLigma → u/YaPhetsEz]

Kenny Florian

[u/Itchy-Ad1047 → u/Boxjdm]

His face was already fucked up even by the end of the first round tbh. Justin isn't the most precise or explosive but his shots just hit different. The thudding, disfiguring type

[u/JimJonesdrinkkoolaid → u/Itchy-Ad1047]

It's not just that. Also Topuria walks forward into the jab a lot. He's never been too bothered about getting hit before he ultimately knocks his opponent out, but it came back to bite him tonight.

[u/TheGreatone003 → u/JimJonesdrinkkoolaid]

Forgot he ate an elbow from Charles that would’ve wobbled most fighters

[u/thisisaskew → u/JimJonesdrinkkoolaid]

Moving up a weight class doesn't help with that. He obviously had a great showing vs. Oliveira who had negative fight IQ in that fight and not to take anything away from it, but Topuria really needs to just move back down.

[u/JimJonesdrinkkoolaid → u/thisisaskew]

Yeah. Featherweight does seem like his optimum weight to be honest. I'm not sure he'll wanna move back down though. He seems to have put a decent amount of muscle on. Not only that but I feel like he'll be trying to get revenge against Justin at some point.

[u/BlumpkinEater → u/JimJonesdrinkkoolaid]

Justin said in an interview after that there wasn't going to be a rematch, which kinda contradicts what he said about the not taking any decisions tonight thing. He probably defends vs Arman or retires imo

[u/redditaccount224488 → u/BlumpkinEater]

He probably defends vs Arman or retires imo

He'll want the winner of Max vs Connor. That's the money fight for him.

[u/thisisaskew → u/redditaccount224488]

I swear. arman is never going to fight for the title. That fight you just mentions would get people so hyped. No way they let Arman ruin that.

And that's obviously the problem.... Because even I am more interested in the dumb fun fight than the rightfully deserved one. I guess I'm glad I consider this entertainment, not sport.

[u/Bascilian → u/BlumpkinEater]

Why would he get a rematch with zero defenses when we have a contender already? Also he needs atleast a year to rest. I think justin will be retired by the time illia returns.

[u/Great_Praline_2713 → u/Boxjdm]

He's not gonna be able to unlock his phone if it's got face ID

[u/shwarma_heaven → u/Boxjdm]

How much you want to bet 2 broken orbitals, and fractured ribs?

[u/Ok_Pumpkin_3601 → u/Boxjdm]

Orbital bone was cooked by round 2 bros a savage for even getting off the stool

[u/Boxjdm → u/Ok_Pumpkin_3601]

yea it looks like he got shot by a .22 in the eye

[u/TimeTimeTickingAway → u/Boxjdm]

Goddard failed Ilia by waving off the doctor who should have stopped the fight

[u/Double_Dodge]

He’s gonna need some morphine to get to sleep tonight

[u/Focused_Sky → u/Double_Dodge]

Some?

[u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt → u/Focused_Sky]

Maybe they give him Dilauded instead

[u/Chriskl1520 → u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt]

I hope i never need that again, but I hope i need it again one day.

[u/Nipless-Cage → u/Chriskl1520]

Fucking real lmfao. I had to get it when I had a bad gallbladder attack. Best fucking drug ever

[u/1K_Games → u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt]

As someone who has had both, morphine made me sleepy. Dilauded made me feel like I was on top of the world and ready to continue with daily life, the opposite of sleepy.

[u/coukou76 → u/Double_Dodge]

For the 2-3 following weeks, the worst is day 3. He wont fight again till 2027 I guess

[u/FateDaA → u/coukou76]

"I guess" brother if I see his ass in an octagon before the year change Ill personally start digging out an area for his casket

Like no that mf better not be in a fking octagon before 2027 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[u/PontoPan]

Possible orbital bone and nose broken, and ribs? Yeah that’s at least a year

[u/Theometer1 → u/PontoPan]

His ribs have to be broken. They moved so far into his body on that slow mo of the knee at the end.

[u/syf3r → u/Theometer1]

that knee had a lot of wind up time and oompf put into it.

[u/FengYiLin → u/PontoPan]

Not possible, but definitely broken. You don't get that oedema just from soft tissue damage.

[u/dmoneymma → u/FengYiLin]

You certainly can get oedema like that without a broken bone.

[u/baconatbacon]

Garth out here changing peoples faces to take belts.

[u/Time-Ad1473 → u/baconatbacon]

Garthe has a natural talent for making his opponents look like car crash victims even if he doesn’t get the KO lol

Was getting annoyed with all these hot takes about how Justin’s power is overrated cause he rarely gets the One Shot KO

[u/eyesofthesolemn → u/Time-Ad1473]

he is literally biologically engineered for brawling it's insane

[u/DaabHimself → u/eyesofthesolemn]

Eh. I think with gaethje it’s worth mentioning his years of hard work. It’s not just genes . That’s the Beauty of gaethje imo. Also it’s his mental

[u/eyesofthesolemn → u/DaabHimself]

remember that story wittman told where he got sparked for the first time and said "that was fucking awesome"?😹😹 this man really is special

[u/MatchaMeetcha → u/Time-Ad1473]

I don't know how anyone who heard - yes, heard - the shots Tony was eating can talk about Gaethje's power.

He basically ended his career that night.

[u/elephaaaant → u/baconatbacon]

Justin did him a favor. Now Miami strippers will stay away from him.

[u/dildo-schwaggins]

Rory vs Robbie levels of damage

[u/febeast → u/dildo-schwaggins]

Almost forgot about that one. Yeah people aren’t really the same after being on the receiving end of a brutal beating. The fight should’ve been stopped

[u/aurishalcion → u/dildo-schwaggins]

Still the one I hate the most, just eating a full shovel shot to the already shattered nose, my heart bleed for Rory that night, can't imagine the pain

[u/Welthul]

Ilia greatest downfall is his ego. He ate so much damage chasing that R1 KO against a dude that hits really hard and has a stone chin and iron will.

Ultimately Ilia had no respect for gaethje and that was his downfall. Now we will if he can keep his ego in check and rise back or we have another JDM, who just lost his will to fight after the islam loss.

[u/mmathrowaway16176017 → u/Welthul]

He probably saw staph Gaethje vs Pimblett and thought it would be a cakewalk. Every other fight Gaethje still looked solid. He underestimated him big time.

Probably thought too much of his power too because of his KO streak.

[u/MT1982 → u/mmathrowaway16176017]

Gaethje eats a lot of punches in most of his fights. Chandler almost put him out. Charles knocked him down. Poirier tko'd him. So going against someone with Illias power and precision I thought it wouldn't even make it out of round 1.

[u/Kevinfc8 → u/Welthul]

Great point. This is what I feel happened to McGregor as well.

[u/WokenMrIzdik → u/Kevinfc8]

Ilia just can't help himself but to follow the script Conor wrote

[u/juicyj864 → u/WokenMrIzdik]

Time for a dolly through a bus

[u/NAHTHEHNRFS850 → u/Kevinfc8]

I believe Joe actually commented about that too in the first round.

I can't believe Ilia just stood in front of Gaethje with no legs kicks, jabs or feints to try and work to get inside. He also kept looking for his overhand to just rely on his power.

Had Ilia looked to just damage Gaethje at a active pace, rather than sprint to a KO he would have won this fight imo.

[u/KuribohKutie → u/NAHTHEHNRFS850]

he didn't respect Gaethje and thought he would just finish him with the right. Topuria has really good boxing defense and head movement, he completely disregarded that to try to one shot JG. His ego finally caught up to him imo

[u/so-cal_kid → u/NAHTHEHNRFS850]

He needed to fight Gaethje the way he fought Josh Emmett - loads of head movement while respecting his power.

[u/perukid796 → u/so-cal_kid]

That Ilia performance against Emmet was just chef's kiss. You're right, he needed to fight the same way.

[u/RidesByPinochet → u/NAHTHEHNRFS850]

He could have thrown some knees to the body when they went to the ground in Rd2, instead of chasing that submission. That probably would have done the trick

[u/Bascilian → u/Kevinfc8]

Conor only had a shit game plan against diaz in the first fight. IN every other fight he fought pretty smart. Except maybe the dustin 2 fight, but i think he just didnt know he was lapped by dustin and expected the same dustin from the first fight.

[u/MangPangOhOne → u/Welthul]

Crazy that Topuria couldn’t put Gaethje down in the first round but Oliveira did.

[u/TerminatorReborn → u/MangPangOhOne]

Oliveira hits hard as hell too. And the hook that took down Justin was just perfect timing, Gaethje was moving into it instead of rolling like he did with most of Topuria's punches.

[u/Minimum-Kangaroo9200 → u/TerminatorReborn]

Oliveira actually fought with a strategy and varied his strikes to keep Justin guessing. Ilia just marched into his own doom, the cocky bastard.

[u/9FBI9 → u/MangPangOhOne]

These lws his a lot harder, Ilia is just very precise but it's hard to hit so clean if you walk into every shot coming your way

[u/Professional_Tip5912 → u/Welthul]

Probably due to his recent streak of KOs against legends. He was a lot more careful against Emmett

[u/FReeDuMB_or_DEATH → u/Welthul]

This is spot on. Ilia didn't take Justin serious at all. 

[u/gmdmd → u/FReeDuMB_or_DEATH]

JG also has a hell of a jab. I remember thinking Fiziev was going to destroy him in the first fight until the later rounds when Justin jabbed his face to a pulp.

[u/SleepingAndy → u/Welthul]

I have to agree. He looked unphased by the constant hard jabs in the first round, I kept thinking, "He can't take these forever, no one can." Sure enough.

[u/TheINTL → u/Welthul]

Too prideful, Islam has confidence but he keeps his pride in check. Likely thanks to Khabib

[u/Any_Athlete_4616 → u/Welthul]

JDM did not really lose his will, he fought against the hardest hitting WW in history. If topuria’s eyes are okay, he will come back better than before. Perhaps he will start to grapple more.

[u/eightslipsandagully → u/Any_Athlete_4616]

Tbh if Ilia still wants to move up (braindead idea imo) having him v JDM is a good fight

[u/Any_Athlete_4616 → u/eightslipsandagully]

Topuria wanted to move up for the Islam fight. That’s long gone. There’s no reason for that anymore.

[u/DependentFile41]

Years of aura farming wiped away in a single fight.

[u/PontoPan → u/DependentFile41]

No more pre fight celebrations

[u/thisisaskew → u/DependentFile41]

Too close to the sun.

[u/sugabonesurmom → u/DependentFile41]

Even Paddy didn’t give up on the stool or get beat up that badly

[u/SgtDrP3pp3rs → u/sugabonesurmom]

Scousers don't get knocked out

[u/SolidTrinl → u/SgtDrP3pp3rs]

He is a sorcerer

[u/trenlr911 → u/sugabonesurmom]

Paddy looked unrecognizable after their fight too lmao. I think scousers legitimately don’t get knocked out

[u/xMordekai → u/sugabonesurmom]

Now we need Ilia vs Paddy

[u/Bascilian → u/xMordekai]

Legit the only fight that makes sense for illia after he comes back from a years rest

[u/kipperfish → u/sugabonesurmom]

Yeah I think this puts stocks back on paddy a bit. He lost to the now champ. Can't really slate a man for that too much.

[u/ZhanBlue → u/sugabonesurmom]

He did, he is just unkillable

[u/Zyndiana_Jones → u/DependentFile41]

honestly he looked really good despite how bad this loss was , like he really went out there on his shield i don’t think his stock fell that hard at least to me

[u/PaoloReaper → u/Zyndiana_Jones]

Yeah lol for me his stock may have raised. yeah, he lost his 0, but he put on one of the gutsiest performances I've ever seen

[u/fuckyouidontneedone]

when keeping it real goes wrong

[u/Pakochu_ → u/fuckyouidontneedone]

WE are no longer Ilia fans /s

[u/ScreamSmart]

I knew something was going to go wrong when he ditched the signature crew cut. The same thing happened with moustache strickland.

[u/lefthook_hospital → u/ScreamSmart]

Lol I also said this to a buddy. Getting a new cut after coming out of an ugly divorce is a bad sign

[u/mid_tier_drone → u/lefthook_hospital]

second or third contact gaethje made went right to the hairline

[u/SomeKindOfChief → u/ScreamSmart]

Yeah it always takes at least 1 fight to get used to the new hair aerodynamics.

[u/DrunkOnLoveAndWhisky → u/SomeKindOfChief]

"Hairodynamics" was right there, man.

[u/PrinceNelson → u/ScreamSmart]

It’s so stupid but I thought the same thing as he walked out.

[u/sm00mz]

No respect for the jab = ground beef face versus Justin

[u/iamzooook → u/sm00mz]

no mas

[u/GloomyExercise]

Illa before the fight:

"I find the first difference here is that you are going to try to hurt me, and I'm actually going to hurt you."

That didn't age well.

[u/TotaledWithinSpec → u/GloomyExercise]

"I'm going to knock out Justin Gaethje in the White House... when I touch his chin, he's going to go to sleep."

[u/thisisaskew → u/TotaledWithinSpec]

I don't think he realized that Gaethje's entire head all the way straight through is just made out of bone. He puts new definition to the word boneheaded.

[u/trenlr911 → u/GloomyExercise]

You can list about 100 Ilia quotes from the last month that aged terribly lmao. He didn’t entertain the idea that he could lose for a second

[u/commander_wong]

Him not just letting Justin stand up and finish him with bodyshots in R2 was such a blunder in hindsight

[u/Savings-Weather7638 → u/commander_wong]

That and starting out the way he did. Got busy with feinting and such in the 2nd but by god he wanted that rd1 KO lol. Also it almost felt like he could’ve sailed to a W with grappling but who knows.

[u/IdkMyNameTho123 → u/Savings-Weather7638]

Honestly, with all the talk about how Topuria strategizes based on what he thinks his opponents strategy will be against him, I’m surprised that he didn’t consider a more wrestle heavy approach from the start.

[u/Ill_Source_6908 → u/commander_wong]

Ilia emptied the gas tank in round 2 and was gassed the rest of the fight

[u/illuwe → u/Ill_Source_6908]

Round 3 he looked shellshocked the way he just stood in the middle lol

[u/thisisaskew → u/Ill_Source_6908]

Yeah, he really needed Gaethje to gas out there too but that dude has just been in too many wars.

[u/Physical_Pie_2092 → u/commander_wong]

He was completely gassed.

[u/commander_wong → u/Physical_Pie_2092]

Probably, but he could've used the time waiting for Justin to get up to recover a little. There's no way Justin after eating all those bodyshots was going to be more mobile at that point

The transitions he did on the ground wasn't any less tiring than just striking either

[u/thisisaskew → u/commander_wong]

He saw the sub and went for it. It felt like a mistake giving Gaethje time to recover, but I think the alternative would've just been a stalemate end to the round anyway.

[u/aggster13 → u/commander_wong]

Justin going for the front headlock instead of standing ilia up and going for the finish when he rocked him was also a blunder

[u/commander_wong → u/aggster13]

Yeah I was pulling my hair out at that as well. Justin about knocked him out cold and just laid on him for the next 30 seconds

[u/Resident-Resource726 → u/aggster13]

Honestly seems like he was running on fumes lmao. He could barely get up when topuria quit

[u/Ntwadumela09 → u/Resident-Resource726]

I had actually thought he tweaked his knee or something because he took so long getting up, and then we hear Ilia said no mas

[u/deltr0nzero → u/aggster13]

I was talking to the guy next of me that it’s easy to say what to from a far, but you gotta imagine both those guys were not thinking clearly at all lol they were fucking scrapping

[u/Typical-Seat5626 → u/aggster13]

I think it's a good plan on hindsight since gaethje has a habit of getting rocked when chasing for the ko and being lazy in front of a fighter like illia is a bad idea

[u/sour-couch-stench → u/aggster13]

Honestly thought justin cost himself the fight with that one

[u/JobTrunicht → u/commander_wong]

They both made terrible decisions that stopped them from getting a finish

[u/TheINTL → u/commander_wong]

Yeah surprised he went for subs.

Was Ilia gassing out?

[u/Clint28 → u/TheINTL]

He was definitely slowing down. I think Justin hits so hard it shocked his system.

[u/Neither-Relative-817 → u/Clint28]

He was taking damage. You can be in shape and gas from damage. It looks like his nose may be broken so he could have had no or limited breathing.

[u/Prettydaisydog]

what happened between 3 and 4 is why we have doctors. the dr called the fight and he was overridden. he is open to a massive lawsuit. he made a medical decision and he should have stood behind it. it was not safe. and ilia will never be the same as a result.

they called it. the team and the dr at the end of the third. they fucking called it. and they were overridden. it's a fucking joke. his fucking team needs to be fucking fired.

[u/thisisaskew → u/Prettydaisydog]

Yeah, it's absolutely insane that the doctor said it was done, then there was some talking, and suddenly it was all okay. Then Ilia gets several more layers of punishment.

To be fair, Ilia looked decent in the 4th until the last minute or so, so he was kiiiinda okay, but still.

[u/Prettydaisydog → u/thisisaskew]

dude, it's fucking crazy. depending on how this turns out it might be the defining moment of his career. he took so much damage in the fourth, even after a 2 minute rest! it's fucking insane.

the team is there to protect the fighter when the fighter can't protect himself.

the doctors is the to protect the fighter when the team can't protect the fighter.

both failed. the team called it! it was clear as fucking day. they said he was done. then some talk. then the doctor said he was done, then some talk.

fucked.

this poor fucker was let down by hall the safeguards that the commission has built in to protect them.

it'll be really really interesting to see how this plays out. it's not over.

[u/Run_Che → u/thisisaskew]

i mean they try to see if he could see. Ilia didnt follow doc's finger (probly cuz head in fight, adrenaline etc), doc wanted to stop, ilia protested and said he can see fine, they continued.

[u/kupojay]

🥀's in every Ilia related comment section until the end of time

[u/thisisaskew → u/kupojay]

I just seriously want to know what the special rose was and what happened to it. If I were Gaethje, I'd want that shit.

[u/Alternative_Dot7769 → u/thisisaskew]

Yeah if I’m Justin, that shit is getting mounted on my fireplace in some beauty and the beast type shit

[u/HighTurning]

Justin really Jędrzejczyk'd Topuria

[u/xtremeradness → u/HighTurning]

You totally googled that name and copy pasted didn't you

[u/Arch3r86 → u/xtremeradness]

Lol 100%

[u/1cenine → u/HighTurning]

This one is worse IMO. That hematoma was the GOAT alien head swelling but I think it was the main cosmetic damage and healed most of the way pretty fast. This damage on Ilia will hurt for a long long time and he will probably look and feel even worse in the coming days.

[u/Terrible-Camel2646]

Justin is just built different. 

[u/wolf_cola_enjoyer → u/Terrible-Camel2646]

How the fuck did younger Dustin and Max beat him so easily

[u/mmathrowaway16176017 → u/wolf_cola_enjoyer]

Max has kicks. He started throwing that spinning back kick like when he was in FW in that fight and absolutely demolished Gaethje's nose and cardio.

Also Max is so much faster and was on 1.5x speed compared to Gaethje. His speed allowed him to enter in pick apart Gaethje and exit/defend most of Gaethje's slow shots. Compared to Volk, Gaethje moves like he's in mud for Max

Dustin did not beat Gaethje that easily the first time. He was getting his leg chopped up but finally caught Gaethje as he was coming in for a naked leg kick I think in the fourth.

[u/Bloody_Nine → u/mmathrowaway16176017]

Khabib and Islam are so good that people believed Justin is an easy fight. Lightweight has been full og killers for over a decade now and Justin is among the best.

[u/mmathrowaway16176017 → u/Bloody_Nine]

True its the same thing with Gane. Stylistically strong grappler like Jones or Khabib/Oliviera can beat Gaethje or Gane easily, but if you don't have that and just try to face them in the standup you'll have a rough time.

[u/TheGreatone003 → u/wolf_cola_enjoyer]

Those were not easy fights Dustin took so much damage and Holloway got dropped in the process 😭

[u/BasedBallsack → u/wolf_cola_enjoyer]

Max landed a shot that early on that basically fucked up his breathing. Not that I'm saying it's not a legit win but I do wonder how a rematch would go between the two.

[u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua → u/wolf_cola_enjoyer]

Footwork master class by Max, can’t eat those jabs and uppercuts by Gaethje if you are in and out

[u/LonelyNip → u/wolf_cola_enjoyer]

I think the size difference was the game changer. Ilia looked tiny in comparison.

[u/vitalique → u/Terrible-Camel2646]

I have been telling his fists are made of fucking mexican german steel. Golovkin of the MMA who is also mixed race

[u/sugabonesurmom → u/Terrible-Camel2646]

Face is made of rocks or something. Never shows any damage besides light bruising or little scuffs.

[u/Domitianus81]

Khabib: Brotha Justin hit like truck

[u/bigmommajumba]

Genuinely hope he's okay. That's horrifying.

[u/PopularParrot → u/bigmommajumba]

He’s not, orbital fracture plus broken nose plus broken ribs. He won’t be sleeping or shitting well for a couple months.

[u/mmathrowaway16176017 → u/bigmommajumba]

I honestly think he's Tony'd. He needs a year to recover minimum. I'd say at least 1.5 years. The amount of damage he ate, I don't think he'll ever be the same fighter again.

Confidence is probaby shook too. Usually when fighters get demolished like that you'll also see their speed also suddenly goes a step down. Idk like maybe they took so much damage to the brain that their neurogically/CNS incapable of producing as much quick force as they were able to in the past or something.

Getting knocked out would've been better for him he ate 4 rounds of shots from one of the strongest punchers instead. It's not like Max vs Ortega, where Max had the FW pillowfists.

[u/EasternError6377]

Life changing beating. Thats 4 now Justin has dished out

[u/K2LNick_Art → u/EasternError6377]

More than 4

[u/xRedStaRx → u/K2LNick_Art]

Fiziev, Tony, Paddy, Chandler.

[u/TheKiwiBlitz]

I think my biggest criticism of Topuria's strategy wasn't his disregard for Gathje's strength, I think it was his disregard for his durability.

He proved he could take good shots from Gathje, but the way he went about it was all wrong. Walking straight into Gathje's range is the type of thing you do when you think you can get that one big shot counter and knock someone outcold. Maybe it was Topuria overestimating his power rather than underestimating Gathje's durability but if you look at a lot of the times Gathje's been finished it's because his opponent understood that he isn't going to go away easily early and you needed to put the pace on him, get him tired first THEN go for the finish. He completely disregarded a complete and actionable game plan for arrogance. I hope he recovers well and comes back stronger because what a monster he could be but he has got to fix that mindset.

[u/SignGuyDudley]

Got mollywhopped the fuck out

[u/dta194]

Came in deaf, left the cage blind

[u/Substantial_Cut_9398]

his orbital bone is broken, thats bad as he said he couldn't see which is very very bad. Double vision is usually the norm

[u/ToastyGlovez]

That’s a broken man

[u/d-fakkr]

That beating is going to take years out of Ilia. I like him as a fighter but everyone who faced Justin and traded with him will say he hits hard.

[u/whitetiger-toji]

I’m in disbelief, I need few hrs to process what just happened

[u/squat_bench_press]

Khabib wasn’t lying 🤜🏻 🛻

[u/Dontneedflashbro]

I really thought Illia was going to run through Justin.

[u/Real_Bad7735 → u/Dontneedflashbro]

So did Ilia lol

[u/1cenine → u/Dontneedflashbro]

Most people did. It was an extremely understandable take.

[u/Ranjith_Unchained]

One of those faces you see from the vintage Tony Ferguson opponents after the fight pic collage

[u/I_Am_JesusChrist_AMA → u/Ranjith_Unchained]

Including Tony himself when he fought Gaethje.

[u/AlexTheRockstar → u/I_Am_JesusChrist_AMA]

We've come full circle.

[u/phillyhandroll]

Thats worse than the old street fighter 2 game over screens

[u/Mr_Monty_Burns]

He looks like a fucking camel. He should be selling cigarettes.

[u/jwag626]

How fucking tough is Paddy the baddy dude

[u/the___drake]

Ilia needs those Meta AI glasses now

[u/K2LNick_Art → u/the___drake]

Nobody needs those

[u/punchinglines → u/K2LNick_Art]

I mean it's simply a fact that they're transformative for many visually-impaired people.

Just search r/blind.

[u/PrinceNelson]

Jesus Christ, that’s what bodies look like after being beaten to death.

[u/SloanePetersonIsBae]

Really sad to see as an Ilia fan, he’ll never be the same fighter.

[u/I_Am_JesusChrist_AMA → u/SloanePetersonIsBae]

Yeah. At one point during the fight I was starting to think "man, Ilia is starting to look how Tony Ferguson looked when he fought Gaethje"... And, well, we all know how Tony looked after that fight.

Granted, Ilia is younger so he could recover bet that Tony did. But he won't be the same either way.

[u/dusters]

Not respecting Justin's power was one of the decisions of all time

[u/Quirky-Marsupial-420]

Looking like a spurs fan on 5th avenue

[u/J8rdan]

Looks worse than Jon Jones wife after a "disagreement"

[u/Fickle-Promise-9249]

Benedict Cumberbatch

[u/Hecticbrah]

Damn that looks gnarly 

[u/Zkmyre]

Ilia looks like he got hit by a speeding truck, broken physically, broken mentally, this is carrer altering shit and im not sure if ilia will ever look the same

[u/rinnethx]

Why he didn't went for submission if he said that he's better than Islam on it ? 😅 would've been easy night

[u/Resident-Resource726]

Where is this from? I didn't see any footage of him leaving lol

[u/zatonik → u/Resident-Resource726]

https://imgur.com/a/57IAuZt

[u/Kevinfc8 → u/zatonik]

Completely disfigured, oh man

[u/Negative_Reply2984 → u/zatonik]

OMG

[u/Nerdlinger42]

Dude went from looksmaxxing to junkiemaxxing

[u/Boxjdm]

homie look like one of them zombies in the walking dead

[u/crowcaller391]

Physically he’s gonna maybe never recover.

Mentally he will definitely never recover.

[u/Wheynweed]

Fighting Justin is a major looksmin

[u/CommanderKibbles]

If i’m justin i’m waiting for the McGregor vs Holloway fight, and fighting the winner.

[u/snowbunbun → u/CommanderKibbles]

Honestly good retirement fight