Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje 1 | UFC Fights We Are Thankful For 2023 - Day 1

Gaethje nearly gets decapitated: “BOOM! What an inside leg kick from Justin!”

What’s crazy is that fights like this usually leave fighters never the same, but these guys careers both improved greatly and became champions

Poirier's boxing was on a whole other level this fight

Two of my all-time favorite fighters in the UFC. Heart, toughness, skill, and charisma they have it all.

The pace both of them put out is absolutely stunning. They really went at it

The fact that Poirier somehow won that fight after all of those leg kicks by a guy like Gaethje is incredible.

Bro the people that listened to this fight probably envisioned an entirely different fight than what everyone saw 😂

8:33 that slick movement by Dustin 👏👏

One of the best fights in all of combat sports. Two of the best competing in a brawl. Different type of feeling watching it live

When people say I don't like UFC or why do you love it so much. Show them this fight. Two of the best just fighting their hearts out to see who's the best

The trilogy is a must between these 2 warriors!!

Dustin has insane reach. And knows how to use it as well. He’s deadly accurate.

My buddy Stevie listened to this video (he’s blind). Told me how Gaethje really broke Poirier. Legend.

Gaethje was out here doing his best Jon Jones impression with all those damn eyepokes

19:12 I love that DP caught him off the leg kick.. was doing it all night, Justin knew it, coin toss everytime between snapping DPs legs or eating a massive left hand. took the 50/50 and ate it

My coach said back in the days 'no-one can actually throw an effective combination over 3 or 4'. This was of course just for the basics and fundamental stuff.. Poirier did very much an effective combo of 7 just at 1:50. There is reason these guys are professionals. Beautiful!

at the end of round one when the Doc asks Gaethje if he is okay and his response is " I'm not dead, so I'm good...." yeah, respect.

Justin made some really cool adjustments from the first fight into the second one. For instance, he stopped throwing inside leg kicks because each time he would Dustin would capitalize and hurt him so instead in the second fight he used outside leg kicks to offset Dustin's base on top of that Justin was a lot more calculated, he let Dustin lead and kept peppering him on the outside setting up the head kick off of that straight that Dustin kept trying to parry. Coupled with the accumulated damage from the outside leg kicks, it led to the insane KO in their second fight.

porier is constant throwing and keeping the power thats amazing

Bruh you couldnt tell me Dustin wasnt rethinking his career choice when Justin hit that somersault on him😂😂