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Pimblett (23-4) and Gaethje (27-5) fought for the vacant lightweight title in the main event at UFC 324 last month in Las Vegas. Gaethje handed Pimblett a beating en route to a unanimous decision victory. However, the fight wasn’t entirely devoid of controversy.
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Gaethje received a stern warning for poking Pimblett in the eye in the first round. Gaethje also dropped Pimblett late in the second round and “The Baddy” was barely saved by the bell. But replay showed that Gaethje blatantly poked Pimblett in the eye before dropping him in the second round. However, despite the previous warning, Gaethje didn’t have a point taken away. Pimblett notes that the most damage he received from Gaethje was after he got poked in the eye and then dropped. The Liverpudlian came back strong and went on to went on to win the third round on all three of the judges’ scorecards. Pimblett wonders what might have happened had he not been poked in the eye in the second round and received all the damage that he did.
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“He had already been warned about it so I feel like he should have had a point taken right away… That won him the round, the ground-an- pound,” Pimblett said on YouTube. “[The eye poke] is what put all the damage on me. You can see me blinking. That won him the round, that round was still up for grabs. ..I don’t want to sound like a sore loser but that changes the whole fight. I came out [after the eye poke] and easily win the third round, so imagine it never happened in a second.”
😳 Paddy Pimblett goes off on Justin Gaethje for eye poking him in their fight, saying point should’ve been taken:
“You already had a warning so it should have been a point right away.
I don’t want to sound like a sore loser but it changes the whole fight.
I came out [after… pic.twitter.com/cXTgNO7o2U
— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) February 22, 2026
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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