Second eyepoke changed that fight!!! Rematch needs to happen.

[GOATtalks]

Honestly Gaethje needed the eye pokes to win. He was trying to poke Paddy since the beginning of the fight, he never even attempted to make a fist and the ref pointed it out like a minute into the fight. Those pokes really changed the course of the fight

 

[Harlekin]

Until somebody eyepokes Dana, this will not change.

 

[m249viking]

Time for fighters who get eye poked to immediately claim they can’t continue. It’s ridiculous at this point how often it happens and is ignored by ref and UFC

 

[Nimrod]

Paddy needs some wrestling desperately. He needs to stop submitting kids in his gym and go learn train with Khabib.

 

[Aluminati]

It's ok. Send Paddy 2-3 years Dagestan.

 

[TheStruggler]

The punch to the eye was legit as it gets. Too bad you baddy fangurls saw your dei boi get exposed for the chump change he is. Without that Dana white privilege he wouldn't ever make it to the top 10 let alone fight for some fake belt.

 

[Tibbles]

That was a sneaky eye “punch”poke technique
I bet he trains that

I would train and develop a two handed double hammer fist punch poke
Jab the thumbs out at impact to hit both eyes
Instant KO
No Can Defend

It's pretty smart honestly - a closed fist with the thumb sticking out to the side is hard for the ref to notice, it just looks like a punch. Justins strat was perfect, he started out with standard eye pokes for maximum impact then once he'd been warned he switched to a closed fist thumb poke to finish Paddy off. Your double fister approach is ballsy but could work with the right ref and even if you get DQ'd your opponent will take the heat for quitting anyway.

 

[Myrddin Wild]

Thread needz some video yeah??



Who teh fook lets their thumb fly out like that during a punch on accident?



Both look pretty sus to me. Take dat point.

 

[Prex32]

dirty win but it is what it is

 

[Dark C3PO]

Gaethje's always been a dirty fighter

Just look at his fight against Dustin

 

[TITS]

Some really stupid people on this forum, that's for sure.

 

[WildShrimper]

That was a sneaky eye “punch”poke technique
I bet he trains that

I would train and develop a two handed double hammer fist punch poke
Jab the thumbs out at impact to hit both eyes
Instant KO
No Can Defend

This isn't even a joke with how incentivized it is to gouge your opponent at least once a match.