Tony Ferguson started the fight in his usual manner: with non-standard movement and blows at different angles. But Justin Gatji surprised. He did not recklessly push forward, as an example in all duels, but retreated in time and tried to find the distance. At the same time, Gatzhi still aimed powerful single blows.In the second round, Ferguson slightly increased the advantage due to pressure, and at the end of five minutes sent the opponent to a knockdown, but did not have time to finish because of the siren.After this initiative began to take longer Geti. He was getting more and more hard punches, but Ferguson miraculously withstood them. Nevertheless, the total number of all more affected Tony, so by the fifth round, he already avoided the exchanges, a couple of times openly running away.The key moment occurred a minute and a half before the end: after another missed jab, Ferguson turned away and backed away, being in a very serious condition, which caused the referee herb Dean to stop the fight
It happened: UFC 249 was held in Jacksonville! The first tournament in 2 months of the best MMA promotion did not disappoint. Powerful fights, beautiful knockouts, principled confrontations, and in the main event-a fight for the temporary title of UFC lightweight champion, for which Tony Ferguson and Justin Gatji fought.They didn't really believe in Gatji, but he broke Ferguson's 12-win streak by showing a very smart fight. Justin's punches are unbelievable. For 5 rounds, he turned Tony's face into a bloody mess, which caused the judge to stop the fight for a minute and a half before the end.