“Everything is fine. It was good. We are born for this. Ha-ha,” said “Ataman” in a published video, demonstrating the damage left on his face by the opponent’s blows.
“As I said, this time you should not worry about the bonus,” Fiziev added in a comment to the publication.
The lightweight fight, which became the second most important event of the tournament, went through all three rounds, after which two judges gave the victory to the American with a score of 29-28, and their third colleague could not determine the winner, setting the score 28-28.
As a result of the event, Gaethje and Fiziev received an additional 50,000 thousand dollars each as participants in the Fight of the Evening.