Victory has defeated you.  -Bane

Everyone told Topuria how dangerous Geathje is and how hard he hits. But he thought he was built different. I guess he learned.

Makhachev went to deep waters in this game and fought a fight where the fight wasnt going his way and still won almost every round i think his mentalitly is his best weapon

Illia was so annoying. I’m so glad he lost. Islam already beat Volkanovski twice. There was no incentive for Islam to welcome yet another featherweight champion for a chance at the lightweight belt. If anyone deserved to move up, it was Islam who had already defensed the lightweight championship multiple times.

Edit: yo so many people triggered in these comments. This wasn’t meant to be a debate forum. I just don’t believe Illia should have been given an opportunity to move up to lightweight while Islam was the champion since Islam had already defended his belt against the featherweight champion. Especially since 145 has plenty of contenders he didn’t fight.

Edit: LMAO why are so many of you triggered by someone being happy about a  fighter you like losing? Are you new fans? Have you been around mma fans before? I’ve been watching my favorites get finished while other people gleefully cheered for like 15 years. Get over it.

Rule  number 1,  stay humble.

anyone noticing how weirdly similar conor and illia's careers are

Justin said no rematch. The man talked and acted like Justin wasn't even the same realm as him. Like Justin was no competition at all. He got whooped, humbled and "quit" to most. And even after he lost he said the stoppage was early? The man doesn't deserve the rematch.

He got his butt whooped humble pie 🥧

khabib called this before islam did

Makhachev defeated and took the streaks of Charles and volk yet ilia was called the streak taker was illogical to begin with

As much as I thought Topuria would dominate Justin, watching him start to slow down after two rounds from constantly pushing Justin backward just reminded me how incredible Khabib was. Khabib applied relentless pressure to Justin for the entire fight and never even looked like he was breathing hard.

There's levels to this game. Islam, Khabib, Justin, Dustin, Arman, these guys are legends in the sport

In terms of above the neck tactics, humility is a fighter's best weapon.

He WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT GET A REMATCH ,DUDE GOT DOMINATED

Before the fight my brother said to me “this illa guy is so overhyped, Gaethje’s gonna destroy him” I laughed…😅

Justin didn't even focus on his signature leg kicks. He had a better game plan, and by executing that to a tee, he was the better fighter that night.

All of this just shows the Superiority of Khabib Nurmagomedov on every pedestal of the game.

Justin clearly had 1 take down also. He body locked him and literally threw Ilia’s little body like he was a child.

Forget Makachev the youngest of the clan Usman Nurmagomedov predicted it and gave his reasons how and why illia would lose.

Justin was the first true lightweight Ilia fought. Volk, Charles, and Max all of them been feather weights.