Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje 1 | UFC Fights We Are Thankful For 2023 - Day 1

MMA is such a big part of our lives that Selena usually doesn't watch it, but right now she's at home glued to the TV. John, she texted me and said I have to see this. I have to do it. Dustin Poier in black boxers. Justin Gatei is. in blue and one of our producers caught some buzzwords in poier's locker room as he was getting ready to go out as he landed a mother left and right and pressed the buzzwords coming out of poier's corner before they already appeared like three or Four inside kicks, though man, he has to control it, at least he has to hit, catch one and take him down.

Every time they kick him in the legs, he has to respond to those kicks. Gaii said it would be difficult for Poier. to be patient with me in his face all night, poier just misses the hook, gatei has to be one of the best leg kickers MMA has ever seen. I'm not saying he's an MMA right now, he has to be one of the best leg kickers. MMA has ever seen good straight right lands for Justin Gatei. G is already cut, he doesn't care, although he keeps pressing forward trying to get past that jab and watches the counter right hook, and that will be one of his best weapons, he comes out and punches. that right counter hook is not a good location for that cut it seems to be bothering gatei a little the inside kicks that kill the cor leg although he looks to the right if he doesn't start checking that he will have no power in his left hand or his jab gatei likes it For inside fighting, Porier is better at range, but range is where Gatei can land those kicks.

He is increasing Po's power. He is keeping it in such a way that he can't catch Gatei at the end of hitting him, so he is increasing the power of him. Oh beautiful. porier combination good long combination was blocked but a good long combination good jab by gatei both guys landed with a 62% clip here after two minutes the eyes started to close for gatei that left is going to close don't be careful have to protect him alone Dustin is already starting to move a little cautiously on that front leg, yes it hurts, he can't take many more of those kicks and he's starting to separate now his head is splitting open because he's worried about the leg kick, That's what Gatei does. he cuts your legs off, you're so worried about defending your legs, you leave your head open and they knock you out with a big porier sigh.

I mean the pace at which Justin Gate makes you fight is crazy, he wants you to keep hitting him so you can get tired, that's what he wants, he expects Porier to keep hitting his guard like that. Porier is doing a good job coming back when he gets kicked, but he has to defend or control these leg kicks and at least at first. Porier is willing. to fight at Justin Gate's preferred pace and only looked at the clock 2 minutes later, Dustin has certainly earned Gai's respect. You saw how quickly he covered Porier doing a good job of staying heavy on offense, even though he's landing backwards, he's not stepping.

Back and just eating shots, he's landing back with gaii, this is what we expected these guys to fight in a phone booth, yeah, Forier's gonna have to get some respect and make Justin back off a little, oh oh yeah, That was heavy, go to the body. That's why Álvarez was so successful going to the body. G has absorbed many significant hits here at the start of the 38th minute already leading Porier in less than 90 seconds. A small slip of Gatei Porier begins to set in and effectively tears through the body. Again, one of the biggest problems with being able to hit someone is that you fall in love with them, you realize they're there to be hit, so you start throwing everything with absolute power.

You have to stay within yourself if Dustin Porier when you're throwing so many punches, then just because he's going to be here, he's going to be here for a while, he's not going to throw a single punch most of the time and he's going to try to put pressure on you, so if you hit , it's not as powerful as you want because it squeezes you so you can't extend your arms, it was a heavy hook, although the cor just landed a nice left hook around gaii's a in the pocket, the leg kicks were they're adding up for gatei, although that's going to really pay dividends in the second round G, he can survive, I mean we have 30 seconds left and Gate is having some drinks.

Porier is big and powerful at 155 pounds, and of course Gate doesn't cut much weight to reach this 156-pound limit, no, him. He said the only year he excelled in wrestling was the year he just didn't cut weight properly, so he also took that approach to his mixed martial arts career and said that guys who are cutting weight The weight fades away as he puts pressure on it, that's what he's counting on, he's saying, I'm going to cut off your leg and make you tired because you're cutting weight. I don't. I'll have energy in the third fourth fifth round and he'll finish and cut. down, big hook landed there for Gatei in that exchange excellent first round excellent first round exactly what we expected boom inside kick from Justin gaii over and over again boom inside kick you can't take kicks for 25 minutes now Dustin Porier was very successful every time that was in the pocket here it was very interesting to see them come and go Whitman thought Gatei won the first round but he said don't worry about the banker rounds just go beat this guy the second round is on now the best trainers in the game don't They not only give good advice but they excite their fighter and prepare him to win when they are in the most pain and are the ones who doubt themselves the most, they know how to activate his brain and make him kill and Gatei said oh.

What happened? Who won that round and says who cares about the round? You're going to break it anyway he says you're right and here we are right now and he's coming with a lot of pressure but don't forget Dustin Pier's leg hurts. I love it, well we saw it a few

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ago. Jim Miller hit the lower half of Pier's leg. Dustin may have won that fight by majority decision, but Gatei certainly attacked the top, the inside of that front leg, of southpaw Dustin Porier, I thought. Both guys were successful in that round. Gatei did a very good job with those leg kicks, but Porier also did a good job with his boxing jab.

He's landing a lot and using that jab very effectively, starting to pass out. Good change of level by Porier. and that has to do with that leg, that leg hurts, oh yeah, big shot for both guys. St St Dustin Porier dealing with a poke in the eye, we'll see if we can get a look at him. Porier looks ready to tear you apart, you've been keeping your hands open. a lot you have to keep your hands up that was right in the eye pretty strong warning from Herb Dean yeah because eye pokes will take out your whole eye one hit in the eye the fight could end it could be really bad you have to do it ten Be careful with those hits, you need a second to clear your vision right in the eye, for a kick in the leg and then you have to receive the kick too, you know that your legs are already a little hit, they poke you in the eye and you have to give an extra kick to the leg that pain is going to make the doctor look at it come on, how do you make the doctor look at that? and now you're giving Judson gaii a break from the beating and the pressure and now he can push even harder. that what he did in the first place, I think Porier should have continued to do well and I think that's what Dustin said.

I don't want to bring the doctor. I don't want to give Gatei a break, but you give him a break. Give him a rest, that's the last thing you want to do, you have to wait for the damage to accumulate on him, but if you give him a rest he will rest from the beating. Two seemed like maybe Gatei just got a bit of a milder warning. that time for her Dean gagei can throw the oh cute poier combination and he ate it and then he threw an uppercut and landed his own uppercut on Po on gaii I think that's his best punch I think Gai's best punch is the left hook, okay, this legendary Justin Gatei chin has been tested tonight.

It holds for the first seven minutes of the fight. Gatei with a left look can land. Oh wow, both fighters land in the pocket. I mean it's crazy to watch Justin Gatei fight because this is the way he

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is every time you wonder why he's been in the UFC for three fights and he's already had two main events because if you want good fights you put Gatei in over there. The first UFC fight was the main event, yes, and you put it there. with guys like Dustin Porier, Eddie Alvarez and Michael Johnson, only the second round and he's starting to look a little worn out, he's on his heel back, he's doing well with his jab, he's tearing up the body well, but his back hurts. leg and you can see gaii. like making him take a step back and he looks at him like he's stopping kicking me, stop, he's going to need me to change DUS Po has to change his stance, that leg has to change his stance, good combination, good combination anyway, very good , has achieved four. or five punches in a row and gatei just eats it you have to go to the body if you're fighting

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gatei you have to go to the body i think that's why eddie alvarez did so well he invested in the body early gaii was able to withstand head damage because it hurts, but if you take the air out of his lungs, that's the only way to fight Gatei, and for the first time in the fight, Porier briefly thought about a change of strategy, unable to defeat H.

Porier's attempt He seems to be moving well, but there is significant swelling around his right knee. Good combination, he just taps, taps, taps and then turns on at the end, there it is, there goes the conventional wrestling switch a little bit inside his thigh, his knee is just right. super swollen his right leg is the inside of his leg is just swollen, not only will this affect his ability to stand but he can't really settle into his punches and he won't generate the power that he normally generates because he can not. It's not really weighing down his leg and because he's landing more at a higher percentage, for sure, 65% for Dustin Porier as we get closer to the minute Mark here in the second round of five possible, I mean, after two rounds, Dustin Porier has more than 120 hits. he landed 120 punches he landed, it's a crazy pace, it's incredible that these guys have to fight for 25 minutes, he has to go more to the body in the only bei head hunt and that's a problem, the right hand lands flush with the part top of Porier G's body shots, are those legs. kicks, man, that's his investment, his investment is in the leg kicks, that's how he slows these guys down and takes them down, oh cute single leg porier, can he finish this?

That would be a no, oh, elbow, good gatei elbow, oh, good, now, gatei. with some hooks here in the clinch KS up topi oh this is exactly what you want in that third period of a wrestling match and Gage is running back to the center of the map and Porier looks at him like he stops running and these guys are ready to meet in the middle and see in this third round, let's see what this is made of and what a show all these fighters have put on here in Glendale, Arizona tonight, three out of five possible here, this is a great round for Dustin Porier in terms of having to try really hard to stay in this fight Justin Gatei has some M moment looking at Porier's stance returning to his seat was not encouraging if you're team Dustin it's interesting that Porier took all the leg damage gatei took all head damage and it seems like leg damage hurts more than head damage in some ways or it usually does well, it usually does, especially with a guy like Justin Gatey who is so good at kicking your legs and cutting Porier's eye happened very quickly at the end of that round, he was fine and all of a sudden he has this cut on his left right eye and he still hasn't fired a single shot and Porier said he wasn't necessarily afraid.

Justin Gaii's one-punch knockout power, but he defeats a lot of guys who say, I've had enough, this guy is a maniac, yeah, and Gatei is at his best here tonight in under four minutes, now in the third round, good time to take down, but it's very frustrating when you take someone down and poier wanted just a second to breathe on top of him and he gets up again. Good body blow from poier. Dustin keeps hitting that eye. G keeps playing oh, that kick, wait for the hand and shoot. inside kick every time and then he just twists his knee to check it every time Dustin tries to come back with a kick he just twists to check if he doesn't see that inside leg kick they're both tired oh oh those reactions are getting more and more big, yeah, well, a lot of people didn't think we would get to the three minute mark of the third round.

Both guys had their moments and they slid the jab and they came in with both of them and you saw run go whoa whoa whoa whoa Wow, what was that about him having a big pain in his elbow? Yes, he is stuck on the fence and now hopes to want to fight. He has to take the time. He has to back off and find some space. You can't try to advance first. Here you have. to grab Jus gatei is too muchsmart, he will choose his shot, he won't waste energy and go crazy, he will start hanging on the head with the elbow and the hook from here, get it dirty, keep going to the legs with the knees, this is good for Dustin pore being in the clinch being able to hold on and trying to catch his breath blow the cobwebs out of the Glendale crowd by getting behind one of his own Justin gatei who has started to take control of this third round Porier recognizes that the pace was going to be high He recognizes that Sometimes Justin Gatei will break you, that's his intention is to break you, but right now there's not much he can do about it.

Gatei just rejects him every time you see Poier leave in a circle and then Gatei walks. in front of him again and again he doesn't follow him at all, he always stops you and keeps you in the box and you see Porier moves that right leg back just with the idea of ​​eating another one and there goes Gatei again, maybe even though Poier gets a second victory here, he is in great shape, he came in shape for this fight, he hasn't stopped either, he is fighting with all his heart right now. K's just landed a little bit harder shots on those legs and that's why you're seeing such an effect on the corer, it's the leg shots.

The crazy thing is we talked about the Eddie Alvarez fight, but that was only three rounds, I mean, these guys have to do it. This for two more rounds, if we get to the corners, big break from Gatei, you're talking about two of the toughest fighters on this list, top to bottom, putting on an absolute show tonight, Porier now and Dustin Porier is connecting blows and shots. It's just that right now he's wearing the fight in his face and in his reactions a little more than Justin Gate and Trevor Whitman to our immediate right, he's been smiling the entire time with less than a minute left in the third round of kicks to the legs for Gatei 73. % in 51 tries Trevor smiles at me because this is what he sees every day, but he ultimately knows what the end of these types of fights usually is for Justin Gatei and if you are Dustin Porier right now it is not time to throw it all away. at 100% power, it's another poke in the eye, can take a point here, that's a big break for Dustin Porier, not really because at this point DC you start to feel that leg, you start to evaluate your body, how you feel , Gate is taking a break.

What he's thinking right now is that he thinks my eye hurts or he's thinking my leg hurts. He's making a point. It looks like herbs are going to take a point here. That's a big problem. You want to see the doctor. The other eye, no, this one again, this same one, well, the crowd doesn't like it, but DC, you don't seem to like it either. There was a warning from Stern earlier. Herb Dean decides to take a point here, you have to correct him if you want. If you follow the rules, you get a stern warning and then a point that has incited the masses to support Justin Gaii is made good.

Gate is pretty mad about it, let's see what he does about it, he's still mad at himself, so I know, no, no, I saw it. I looked at him, I can see everyone's getting better if we take the full five minutes, he'll be fine, I'm fine, he's fine, let's take one last look at him here, he got it in both eyes, yeah, it looked like maybe. the other eye, but here we go the last few seconds of the third round and that point deduction could end up being huge if we go all the way tonight Justin Gatei has very good feet, he doesn't chase his opponents, they never look like a poier.

Push to the end of The round is over, so here we go with round four, gotta go, gotta go and potentially a third round there. Dom for Justin Gatei would have gone into the books as a 99 with a point deduction, yeah you don't know what that's going to mean. what to do with the decision, but I mean, right now I think G is pretty far ahead, so we'll see what happens, but now Cor also got hit in the eye, so if he hits Gatei in the eye again for second time, it could be tied on the cards. with that point deducted from porier to good for

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gatei even though he has a lot of experience in five round fights, this is the first time you've seen a fourth big left hand landed by poier, he's looking for the finish here, gaty hurt, Gate is very hurt. but he's been here before, geni almost gets to his feet, porier continues to land, but he doesn't have with Clint Dustin, porier, oh my god, Scout, oh my god, he does it, he hits a big punch, a fight for the ages and Glen goes to the Louisian.

Dustin Porier, this one landed clean and right here, Justin Gatei, an All-American wrestler who never tried to get into the clinch, never tried to shoot a double leg, didn't understand that I'm hurt, I need to grab this guy, he took it which he has always done. done and tried to fight and poier is too smart, too sharp, too precise and he found the killing shot, grand finale of Dustin Porier, ladies and gentlemen, the referee pack Dean has stopped this contest at 33 seconds of the fourth round declaring to the winner by TKO Dustin. the diamond warrior