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It was marred by eye stabbing and controversy over the price of vital points, but it was a veteran fighter who survived after a bloody battle. Justin Gaic (37, USA) once again won the UFC lightweight provisional champion's belt after overcoming many controversies and crises.
In the UFC 324 main event held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on the 25th (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) after a bloody battle in the fifth round with Britain's Holy Paddy Pimblett. With this, Geich won a ticket to the combined title match with reigning champion Ilya Topuria of Spain.
The result was a victory for Gaichi, but the content of the game was a series of controversies. U.S. fighting media "MMA Weekly" pointed out that "Geichi's eye stabbing foul broke the flow of the game."
According to reports, the game was suspended from the first round when Gaichi's finger stabbed Pimblett in the eye. Pimblett wanted to resume the game without a long recovery time, so the game continued. In the second round, Gaichi took the lead with an overwhelming hit, but controversy broke out once again in the third round.
"In the third round, Pimblett suffered serious damage due to Gaichi's repeated eye stabbing and constant pressure," the media said.
Pimblett, who was having difficulty securing his vision, then attempted to fight back with one minute left before the end of the round, and committed a foul with a lob that hit Gaichi's vital point.
It was a mud fight. However, the two players miraculously held out until the fourth and fifth rounds. The media said, "It's a miracle that the two players are standing until the fifth round." In the end, Gaichi, who was ahead of effective hitting and damage, took the victory.
"Pimblett was a really tough, dangerous guy," Geich said after the game. I had to take his flow," he said, acknowledging his opponent. "I love this fight 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.
Ironically, Geitch, who was at the center of controversy by bothering the opponent's eyes, had a hard time in her early career due to her vision problems.
According to the British media 'BBC', gay people were born with myopia in one eye and primitiveity in the other. After his professional debut, he had no money for surgery until he played 16 games, so he climbed the ring with a blurred vision.
"I was driving after the surgery and I was shocked to see mice and flying insects crossing the street," Geich said in a past interview. I didn't even know what I was missing until I saw it in person," he recalled.
He has even been fighting for 13 years with a septum problem, losing his sense of smell and taste. After undergoing nose surgery in 2022, I was able to taste the food again.
"It was difficult to tell whether the opponent was 1.5 meters away or just around the corner because he didn't have a sense of distance," Gaichi said. So in order to hit the opponent, I had to first touch my body and check my location," he said, confessing that his infighting style originated from his vision problems.
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