Justin Gaethje knows how good Ilia Topuria is, which makes his win even sweeter.
Earlier this year, Gaethje scored one of the biggest upsets in UFC history, stopping Ilia Topuria to claim the lightweight title in the main event of UFC White House. It was a historic win for Gaethje, who finally claimed UFC undisputed gold, one that even Gaethje admits required a perfect confluence of events to happen.
“It was such a blessing in disguise for me to catch Ilia in such a vulnerable place,” Gaethje said on the Double Coverage podcast. “It was a mixture of my mindset, my experience, my coach’s game plan, and then him being in a bad spot mentally was t
