Quote · The Joe Rogan Experience
JRE MMA Show #181 with Justin Gaethje & Trevor Wittman
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The Second Round — Goddard Lets It Continue
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Rogan calls out Mark Goddard's decision to continue the fight after Topuria signaled vision problems as a defining moment — a less experienced referee might have stopped it there, denying the world the epic fourth round. [1] — Joe Rogan "Ilia's Orbitals: 2 fractured + broken nose: Reports indicate Ilia Topuria suffered two fractured orbital bones and a broken nose in the fig…" 21:05 Gaethje is emphatic: he stopped Topuria twice. Topuria said he couldn't see and then reevaluated — Gaethje believes Topuria had a brief moment of doubt, then convinced himself he had to keep fighting. The corner observed Topuria shaking in the corner after round one from the environmental conditions. The fourth round ended when Gaethje landed a knee to the body and then went to work with elbows, and Topuria quit on the stool. The fight that seemed like it might end controversially in round two became a definitive statement by round four.
More than 85,000 people gathered outside the White House. When Gaethje's team arrived for weigh-ins, they couldn't see the end of the crowd. Wittman compared it to Woodstock. Rogan called it more historically significant than the Rumble in the Jungle.
