"Fiziev suggested this week that Gaethje looked slow in the Pimblett fight from the outset, however. "It was a good fight. I'm happy for Justin. I'm surprised how he's not in shape in this fight, honestly," Fiziev stated during the UFC 325 media day. "In the first round, he started this fight very slow, he looked like he's like sick, not in shape.""
""I think if he [was the] same shape like I fought him in London, he would finish Paddy in the first two rounds. I don't think he was really 100% in shape for this fight. I see his neck, maybe staph infection it looked like." Much was made of a mark on Gaethje's neck in advance of UFC 324, which appeared to be a possible staph infection."
Rafael Fiziev has fought Justin Gaethje twice and will face Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 325 in Sydney. Fiziev said Gaethje looked slow from the outset of his unanimous decision win over Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324, suggesting Gaethje appeared sick and not fully conditioned. Fiziev speculated that a mark on Gaethje’s neck might be a staph infection and said Gaethje would have finished Pimblett earlier if in the same shape Fiziev faced in London. Gaethje became a two-time interim champion and will await a unification bout with Ilia Topuria. Fiziev praised Pimblett’s durability and expects a striking fight with Ruffy.
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