UFC Freedom 250 on the White House South Lawn was a knockout, in more ways than one.
All seven of the fights on Sunday night’s card ended via TKO — no judges, no controversy, no kidding.
The climax came just after 1 a.m. Monday, when American Justin Gaethje, to the delight of the newly minted octogenarian President Trump, stopped Georgian-Spanish champion and heavy favorite Ilia Topuria to claim the lightweight title belt.
“I’m from America. Two hundred and fifty years ago, we were way bigger than six-to-one [underdogs],” Gaethje told interviewer Joe Rogan after forcing Topuria to quit on his stool with a face that looked like a slab of raw meat in a butcher’s window.
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