Justin Gaethje

A 25-minute striking war for the interim lightweight title. Gaethje out-landed Pimblett, scored two knockdowns and mixed in takedowns to win clearly on all three cards — claiming an interim belt for the second time and lining up a unification bout with Topuria.

Key moments

• Fought for and won the interim lightweight title — Gaethje's second interim belt.
• Scored two knockdowns and landed 144 of 254 significant strikes.
• Went 3-for-3 on takedowns with nearly six minutes of control time.
• Earned Fight of the Night and a title-unification shot at Ilia Topuria.

The rematch, against a Fiziev who took the fight on roughly 12 days' notice. Fiziev started fast, but Gaethje took over the back half — including a second-round knockdown — to sweep all three cards and go 2–0 in the series.

Key moments

• Fiziev stepped in on about 12 days' notice after Dan Hooker withdrew injured.
• Gaethje scored a knockdown in round two, the fight's biggest blow.
• Pulled away over the final two rounds for a clean 29–28 sweep.

The most dramatic finish of Gaethje's career — on the wrong end of it. Holloway out-boxed him for most of five rounds, then, with the BMF title all but won, pointed to the canvas and invited a final-seconds brawl. Gaethje obliged, and Holloway's overhand right dropped him with one second left.

Key moments

• Holloway controlled most of the fight with faster, more elusive striking.
• In the final ten seconds he pointed to the canvas and waved Gaethje in to trade.
• An overhand right dropped Gaethje face-first with one second left (KO at 4:59 of round five).
• Later named 2024's Knockout of the Year.

A rematch of their 2018 war, and Gaethje needed only one big shot to settle it. Early in the second he hid a right high kick behind a punch; it powered through Poirier's guard, dropped him, and a follow-up sealed the BMF title.

Key moments

• Rematch of their 2018 bout, which Poirier had won by fourth-round TKO.
• A right high kick disguised behind a punch dropped Poirier early in round two.
• Herb Dean waved it off at 1:00 after a follow-up punch closed the show.
• Gaethje became the second-ever BMF champion and avenged the 2018 loss.

A grueling, high-volume striking battle in London. Gaethje out-struck and badly bloodied Fiziev, doing his best work late to edge a razor-thin majority decision in their first meeting.

Key moments

• A back-and-forth striking war that left Fiziev bloodied.
• One judge scored it 28–28, giving Gaethje a 10–8 third round — hence a majority decision.
• Set up the 2025 rematch, which Gaethje also won.