Watch: Former rivals Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje share the same spot for UFC 270
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Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson watching UFC 270
UFC 270 went down tonight inside the Honda Center at Anaheim, California. The fight card was stacked with impressive and unique fights and the fans were expecting a great show. Fighters like Justin Gaethje, Tony Ferguson, TJ Dillashaw attended the PPV. With multiple championship bouts and competitive fights in different weight classes, the event was massive.
UFC’s last pay-per-view event UFC 269 was more than a month ago and fans were waiting for this opportunity to get some much-needed MMA action. With UFC 270, the promotion even started its first PPV event of the year 2022. Due to the humongous popularity of the fights and competitors, the whole arena was sold out and was flooded by fight fans all around the world.
Among MMA fans, there were some well-known faces that are mostly seen inside the octagon. It’s not new for MMA fighters to show up at pay-per-view events as along with being fighters themselves they are hardcore fight fans too. At UFC 270, Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje were spotted watching the fights from the stands. The former rivals and two of the most brutal fighters to ever grace the MMA world were seen enjoying the fights and cheering out for their preferred fighters.
The stars are showin' out for #UFC270 ? pic.twitter.com/dWGKJigIIA
— UFC (@ufc) January 23, 2022
Justin Gaethje vs Tony Ferguson: The Bloody Rivalry
Justin and Ferguson faced each other at UFC 249 which took place on May 9, 2020, at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. This event was initially expected to take place on April 18 but due to COVID was shifted to May 9. The original main event of the event was going to be the lightweight title fight against Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
But due to COVID restrictions, the Dagestani failed to make it to the fight. As a late replacement, Justin Gaethje came in and filled the shoes as the new challenger for Ferguson. Both Justin Gaethje and Ferguson agreed to fight for the UFC lightweight Interim title and put on a show for the fans.
Immediately the fight turned out to be a classic as the best strikers in the division went all out against each other. But It wasn’t the night Ferguson was expecting it to be. The fighter was out volumed, out powered by the ‘Highlight‘ and after five rounds of a brutal beating, Ferguson eventually lost the fight via TKO in the fifth round.
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