UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje pulled himself out of a tough two fight losing streak over the weekend. Now fighters are coming forward with their thoughts on the mixed martial artist’s performance.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) hosted the exciting fight card for UFC Fight Night 135 over the weekend. The highly anticipated event took place from within the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, Aug. 25.
Headlining the night’s event, Justin Gaethje went toe-to-toe with James Vick in a battle for division supremacy. Gaethje ultimately made short work of his opponent by earning a knockout victory within the first round.
Check out what many UFC fighters had to say about Gaethje’s performance within the Twitter posts provided below:
@Justin_Gaethje is a monster, always fun to watch this guy.
— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) August 26, 2018
Humble pie ?
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) August 26, 2018
Whoaaaaaaaaas!!! #UFCLinclon
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) August 26, 2018
Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!!! @Justin_Gaethje
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 26, 2018
Shouldn’t have been talking shit ??♂️ #ufc #ufclincoln
— Max Griffin (@maxPAINmma) August 26, 2018
???????? Justin gathege #UFCLINCOLN
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) August 26, 2018
Wow! I knew that could happen, it’s a fight. I want expecting it though. Congrats to Gaethje! @JamesVickMMA will be back!??
— Sean Spencer (@seanspencer170) August 26, 2018
Hooooly SHEEEEEEEEEEETTTTT!!! @Justin_Gaethje with the highlight reel finish!! Thats gotta be 4 bonuses in 4 fights. #UFCLincoln #ko
— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) August 26, 2018
?? wow!!!! @Justin_Gaethje brutal! I know @run__cmc liked that! @ufc #ufc #UFCLincoln
— Jordan Rinaldi (@JordanRinaldi) August 26, 2018
OMG woooooooooooooooow @ufc that was fucking nasty ?
— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) August 26, 2018
Holy shit @Justin_Gaethje ??? #ufclincoln
— Max Griffin (@maxPAINmma) August 26, 2018
Night night ? wow #UFCLINCOLN
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) August 26, 2018
Brutal ….. brutal
— Dennis Bermudez (@MenaceBermudez) August 26, 2018