Poirier stopped Gaethje in a spectacular battle (video)

Dustin Poirier finished Justin Gaethje, photo: MMA Fighting
Dustin Poirier finished Justin Gaethje, photo: MMA Fighting

On April 14 in Glendale, USA, in the main event of UFC on FOX 29 tournament in the duel of two top lightweights - Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje, as expected, the fighters did not begin to be cautious and already in the opening they made it clear that their meeting would not come to decision. In the first two rounds, Gaethje relentlessly went forward and neglected the defense, which Poirier used successfully, having managed to deliver a large number of hits to his opponent.

In the third round, Gaethje was able to level the course of the confrontation, but landed a poke in the eye, for which Justin was penelizes one point.

The fourth five-minute period started with a heavy attack by Poirier. Dustin landed a series of punches, Gaethje was seriously hurt and Poirier successfully finished the shocked opponent.

In the post-match interview, Poirier challenged the champion in his weight division Khabib Nurmagomedov.