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The fighting spirit of "Highlight" was alive. Justin Gaic (37, USA) once again won the UFC lightweight provisional championship.
On the 25th (Korea time), Gaich won the UFC 324 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, USA, after a bloody battle in the fifth round with Paddy Pimblett (48-47, 49-46, 49-46). As a result, Gaichi will be able to watch the combined title match with reigning champion Ilya Topuria of Spain as a provisional champion.
Pimblett took the early flow of the game. Pimblett led the early rounds and put pressure on Gaic.
But Gaichi had a shot. Gaichi instantly reversed the flow of the game by hitting a powerful power punch.
Pimblett's potential was also formidable. He was reeling from Gaichi's heavy strike, but continued to advance and countered with leg kicks and body shots.
In the end, Gaich showed off his skill by dominating the game at every critical moment and driving it to the brink of the finish. Gaichi won the title in a unanimous decision.
According to USA Today and others, after the game, Gaich said, "Pimblett was right that people from Liverpool never collapse. He was a really tough and dangerous player. I had to take the flow of the opponent," he said.
Geitch then said, "He got angry at me after the first round. I love UFC so much that sometimes it's hard for me to control myself. "It's a crazy sport and a wonderful life," he said, enjoying the joy of victory.
This victory is all the more valuable because Gaichi overcame his physical limitations. According to the British media 'BBC', gay people were born with myopia in one eye and primitiveity in the other. I couldn't even afford to have vision correction surgery until I played 16 games after my professional debut.
"I was shocked to see mice and flying insects crossing the street when I was driving after surgery," Geitch said in a past interview. "I realized how much I've missed and lived in the meantime. I didn't even know what I was missing until I saw it in person," he recalled.
Geitch, who had no sense of distance and it was difficult to tell whether the opponent was 1.5 meters away or just around the corner, explained why she stuck to the infighting style, saying, "To hit the opponent, I had to touch my body first and check my position."
Even Gaichi has been fighting for 13 years with loss of smell and taste due to septal problems as well as vision. After the defeat against Charles Oliveira in 2022, it was only after undergoing nose surgery that I could taste the food again.
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