Snapshot · The Joe Rogan Experience
Gaethje told Trevor that Topuria hurting him to the body was one of the main reasons he won — it caused Topuria to 'dump everything' and blow his tank trying to finish.
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Gaethje explains that his expectations come from his hard work and trust in his body — not from predictions about outcomes. He's never in his career needed a coach to pull him aside for mental work. Then he describes the psychological warfare before the fight: he told Topuria, directly and truthfully, that having fixed expectations about how a fight would go would cost him. When adversity came in rounds two and three and the predicted script shattered, Topuria would have nowhere to go. The twist: Topuria heard exactly what Gaethje said and rejected it so hard that it pushed him further from the truth. He wanted to prove Gaethje wrong. Gaethje reflects that being coachable, listening, and absorbing every person, place, and thing that's happened to him has been the foundation of his ability to perform. His own experience with loss, failure, and setback has made him capable of managing any moment in competition.
Getting hit with a liver shot didn't cost Gaethje the fight — it won it for him. Topuria sensed Gaethje was hurt and blew his entire gas tank trying to finish in one burst, leaving nothing for the final three rounds.
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