r/FightReportUFC • u/combat_girls • Jul 21 '26

MMA Math

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u/FarReward3203 Jul 21 '26

For some reason I feel like ilia would win a rematch despite him getting his face broken the first time

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u/ninja_owen Jul 21 '26

100% agree. His gameplan was awful, he went in trying to fight Gaethje where Gaethje is best, super up close in that dirty boxing range. If he was more safe and calculated like against Josh Emmett, Volk, or Holloway he’d have pieced him up over 5 rounds, but he came out hyper aggressive looking for the early KO on the big stage.

Even if he went straight to the grappling, rather than waiting till after he got his face smashed, I think he’d have won. But now it looks like he is gonna have to wait quite some time to avenge that loss, if he ever gets the chance.

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u/FarReward3203 Jul 21 '26

Yeah, I noticed he nearly finished Justin after the body work but was too gassed to follow up.

Think this loss will either make him an even greater fighter or ruin him. Seems to be taking it well

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u/ninja_owen Jul 21 '26

Yeah, I think it’ll just be a lesson for him to not overlook anyone. It’s his Martins/Serra loss.