Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje Highlights Recap

Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje highlights from UFC 249. Ferguson vs Gaethje highlights an amazing card put on by UFC. The live action was somewhat odd with no fans in the stands. Justin Gaethje beats Tony Ferguson for the U.F.C. interim lightweight championship, with the referee stopping the fight in the fifth round. We saw some amazing fights. Gaethje takes the interim lightweight title, stopping Ferguson in the fifth.
The fight ended the way it started — with Tony Ferguson taking thunderous punches from Justin Gaethje.

With 90 seconds remaining, Gaethje wobbled Ferguson with a left jab to the nose. When he followed up with more punches, referee Herb Dean intervened to spare Ferguson further punishment.

The win makes Gaethje the U.F.C. interim lightweight champion, putting him in position to face Khabib Nurmagomedov later this year for the undisputed title.

“I knew I was a killer stepping in here,” Gaethje said in the octagon afterward. “I’m good, bro.”

Nurmagomedov was clearly watching.