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Justin Gaethje has now been knocked down twice this year.
Back in April, Gaethje put his “BMF” title on the line against Max Holloway at UFC 300. After a back-and-forth war for five rounds, Gaethje answered Holloway’s call to slug it out in the final 10 seconds, only to then get brutally faceplanted just before the fight ended.
And now he’s been dropped again.
On Wednesday, Gaethje shared training footage to his Instagram account, showing him getting into a body shot challenger with his coach. After a few rounds of back and forth shots from each man, it was the former UFC interim lightweight champion who got crumpled with a nasty body shot.
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After doubling over and falling to the ground, Gaethje grunts in obvious discomfort, while his head coach Trevor Whittman laughs and celebrates the unexpected outcome.
Gaethje has not fought since UFC 300, saying he wanted to take six months to allow his body to recover from the knockout and noting that another one like that would spell the end of his career.
Derrick Lewis returns for the second time in 2024 this weekend (Sat., Nov. 2) at UFC Edmonton against Brazilian kickboxer Jhonata Diniz, which will go down inside Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
During UFC Edmonton media day (watch here), “The Black Beast” was asked if there was a fight out there that he wanted to cross off his list. The holder of most knockouts in UFC history chose a rematch with retired former Heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.
“Probably DC,” Lewis told the media. “Because that one still doesn’t sit right with me, man. Do people really like DC like that? C’mon, man. I told DC to his face that he’s a piece of s—t. He’s a piece of s—t scumbag, man. F—k DC.”
When asked to elaborate, Lewis kept it pretty vague.
“He knows why. DC knows why,” Lewis said. Everyone knows why- he disrespected Popeyes chicken, but other than that, he’s a piece of s—t.”
Lewis and Cormier have sent shots towards each other in the past. While Cormier’s comments were more from a broadcaster’s point of view, like when he said he was done as a top Heavyweight and Lewis should retire after his loss to Sergey Spivak. Lewis, on the other hand, has always just talked trash when replying to Cormier.
Ariel Helwani asked Cormier about Lewis’ recent comments today (Wed., Oct. 30, 2024), and he believes Lewis is still mad that he recommended “The Black Beast” retire.
Indeed, the two Heavyweights clashed back in 2018 at UFC 230, in which Cormier submitted Lewis in the second round (watch highlights).
They won’t be rematching.
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Kamaru Usman believes when the story of the BMF title is being told, his name should be part of the narrative.
Usman discussed the BMF title on his podcast with Henry Cejudo, and asked fans why they hold the championship — currently held by Max Holloway — in such high regard.
“Guys, why are we talking about it like this is a real title? It’s not,” Usman said on Pound 4 Pound. “This was a hypothetical that was made up because of me. It was made up because of me.”
The former welterweight champion says that when the BMF belt was introduced to the world at UFC 244, the original fight that the UFC brought to the table was Usman vs. Colby Covington. But the fight didn’t come together — which led to UFC CEO Dana White creating the BMF title that Nate Diaz called for in a callout for Jorge Masvidal, who had recently knocked out Ben Askren in record time at UFC 239 in July 2019.
When asked to elaborate by Cejudo, Usman says history would be different if he had defended his welterweight title against Covington that night in November 2019.
“Covington [and I] were supposed to fight at MSG, New York,” Usman explained. “The fight didn’t happen. They needed a fight to headline that card, they needed something with some steam. This is MSG, you can’t just put any fight card at MSG. You’ve got to come correct when you go to MSG. …
“What’s the hottest ticket out there? Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal — the hottest thing smoking. Then, of course, you have Nate Diaz with his mystique that he always carries. … Nate Diaz had already called out Masvidal after his previous fight. … Dana jumps on, how do we promote this fight? Let’s create this, all right. It’s called the baddest mother f’er belt. C’mon, are you serious?”
Masvidal would win the fight via doctor’s stoppage TKO, and was awarded the BMF title by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
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UFC Edmonton takes place this Saturday, with a flyweight double feature as Brandon Moreno takes on Amir Albazi in the main event and Erin Blanchfield faces off with Rose Namajunas in a five-round co-main event. So with all that action, and more, MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew is joined by Alexander K. Lee to break it all down.
On top of the two feature fights, there are 12 more bouts this weekend, many of them featuring Canadian fighters and Jed and AK discuss all the best betting options. Topics include whether Brandon Moreno can get back into title contention, if Erin Blanchfield is being underrated after suffering her first loss, how will all the Canadian fighters do on home soil, and more. Plus, Jed introducing AK to “THE CLIMB” as he continues his march towards glory.
Tune in for episode 106 of No Bets Barred.
New episodes of the No Bets Barred podcast drop every Wednesday and are available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you find your favorite podcasts. The latest episode can be heard below.
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