Justin Gaethje celebrates after defeating Tony Ferguson of the United States in their Interim lightweight title fight during UFC 249 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on May 09, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
‘The Highlight’ Justin Gaethje hit back at people who made fun of him for crying after Rose Namajunas had won the strawweight title for the first time.
Namajunas earned a brutal KO win over Zhang Weili at the recently concluded UFC 261. With a stunning leg kick to the head, Rose became the first woman in UFC history to win the same title on two separate occasions.
Going into the fight as the underdog, fans and experts believed Rose had an equal chance of beating Weili. However, they didn’t expect her to win in that fashion. She just knocked out an opponent who had hardly been rocked in her entire 22 fight career, in the very first round.
Thug Rose was filled with emotion after her victory and repeating “I’m the best”.
Commentator Joe Rogan who was quite teary-eyed himself in the post-fight interview revealed that he had heard Namajunas telling to herself that she was the best even before the fight had begun. In fact, it was quite an emotional moment for everyone matching.
Elsewhere, Namajunas’ teammate Justin Gaethje hit back at critics who had made fun of him for crying, the first time Namajunas had won her title at UFC 217.
‘The Highlight’ took to Twitter as he wrote that all the people who had made fun of him back when he cried after Thug Rose’s first title win, would have come to a realization of how he had felt back then.
Gaethje further wrote that she Namajunas has always been the best, and that it was quite inspiring to see someone face their fears and inspire other people.
McGregor has been actively training for his upcoming trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier on the 10th of July at UFC 264. A win here might put him just another win away from the lightweight title.
But there are quite a few top ranked lightweights McGregor has never faced. Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson being the notable ones. McGregor recently posted a picture on Twitter mocking both the fighters.
The picture showed a young Gaethje alongside McGregor. This was when McGregor was asserting his authority in the featherweight division. Calling Gaethje a dweeb, The Irishman goes on mention that he didn’t even know who the Highlight was back then.
Further mentioning that he had been in the fight game for years, he refers to Tony Fergsuon as El Cockeye, calling him and Gaethje – Two 155 bums.
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