Justin Gaethje tog hem en av karriärens mest imponerande vinster då han avslutade Dustin Poirier på UFC 291.
Lättviktsmötet agerade huvudmatch på storgalan i Salt Lake City och var även en kamp om det symboliska BMF-bältet (baddest motherfucker). Det var dessutom andra gången som Gaethje och Poirier delade oktagonen då Poirier tog hem ett domslut mot Gaethje i april 2018.
Denna gången fick dock Gaethje sin revansch då han i andra ronden bjöd på en spektakulär knockout. En minut in i ronden avfyrade han en perfekt huvudspark som landade hårt och skickade Poirier till mattan. Gaethje hann slå Poirier ytterligare en gång innan domaren gick emellan och viftade av matchen.
https://twitter.com/TheArtOfWar6/status/1685509569898844161?s=20
JUSTIN GAETHJE KNOCKS DUSTIN POIRIER OUT COLD ?
THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS CAREER COMES TONIGHT! #UFC291 pic.twitter.com/5jO7nN24rn
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) July 30, 2023
From Gamebred to The Highlight, that's two BAD MF'ers right there!
? @Justin_Gaethje avenges his loss from five years ago in the biggest way possible! #UFC291 pic.twitter.com/kjiNwBEGUM
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) July 30, 2023
"Now I just gotta be the best motherf**ker."
More gold on the horizon for the newly crowned BMF @Justin_Gaethje? ? #UFC291 pic.twitter.com/8m3H7gHHMX
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) July 30, 2023
Gaethje tar därmed hem BMF-titeln och påbörjar en ny vinstsvit då han i mars även besegrade Rafael Fiziev. Ta en närmare titt på vad bland annat Conor McGregor och resten av UFC-stjärnorna hade att säga om Gaethjes imponerande titelvinst.
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Reaktioner på UFC 291: Justin Gaethje avslutar Dustin Poirier
THE BADDEST MOTHERF***ER ON THE PLANET! ??@Justin_Gaethje beats Poirier by knockout and claims the BMF title at #UFC291!!
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— UFC (@ufc) July 30, 2023
??? Gaethje just murdered him.
— Funky ?????? (@Benaskren) July 30, 2023
Poirier is up under his own power and seems OK. He and Gaethje hug. #UFC291
— Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) July 30, 2023
https://twitter.com/GroovyLando/status/1685491447838150666?s=20
Wow @Justin_Gaethje You deserve it all brother ???????????????
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) July 30, 2023
Gaethje’s kick had bad intentions written all over it & Crawford was about his business tonight . Two finishes in the main events ! ? #UFC #boxing
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) July 30, 2023
Congrats @Justin_Gaethje Class act. Incredible fighter.
— michael (@bisping) July 30, 2023
Great night of fights love this sport! Gaethje is a stud!
— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) July 30, 2023
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1685508347183697921?s=20
That’s the second time a head kick has won someone a belt in this city ??? that kick was crazy
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) July 30, 2023
This sport is so crazy! You just never know what can happen! Great finish by Gaethje. Poirier was looking so good in round 1 too. Trilogy?!#UFC291
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) July 30, 2023
WOW! Congrats to the BMF @Justin_Gaethje #ufc291
— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) July 30, 2023
Gaetche has improved so much as a calculated killer now. Head shot dead
— Brian BOOM Kelleher (@brianboom135) July 30, 2023
Daaaaaaamn! Did not expect a head kick KO from Gaethje. Wow. #ufc291
— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) July 30, 2023
https://twitter.com/JalinTurner/status/1685507926222594048?s=20
The Salt Lake Head Kick Tradition continues wow #UFC291
— Jamahal Hill (@JamahalH) July 30, 2023
The fact that Gaethje just knocked out Poirier the exact same way Leon Edwards KOs Gaethje's teammate Kamaru Usman in the same building is WILD!!!#UFC291
— Megan Anderson (@MeganAnderson) July 30, 2023
Well that’s a trilogy waiting to happen
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 30, 2023
