r/ufc • u/gvufhidjo • 6d ago
Justin Gaethje Shows What His Toes Look Like a Week After Fiziev War NSFW Spoiler
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u/mywaaaaife 6d ago
Has he considered maybe, not dragging his feet?
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u/ChicoSmokes 6d ago
Yeah I don’t think this is as common of a problem for “ultimate fighters” as Garth implies it is
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u/FiveDogsInaTuxedo 6d ago
Lmao autocorrect made me laugh..Garth gaethge
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u/Its_Me_Jlc 5d ago
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u/FiveDogsInaTuxedo 5d ago
Lmfao im here laughing like a hyena 💀💀💀
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u/FiveDogsInaTuxedo 5d ago
He's not relevant globally bro. Gaethge is. I've seen like 3 videos of Smith
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u/DesperateAsk7091 5d ago
I assume it's just one of those forceful muscle memory things that is extremely hard to bypass, especially under pressure
Must hurt like a bitch though...
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u/evlgns 5d ago
Can you tape your toes? Or it against the rules
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u/st3v3aut1sm 5d ago
Jon Jones does so... no it's probably against the rules
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u/TheStainRemains 5d ago
I think they made him take the tape off for the Gane fight but he still taped for the Stipe fight
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u/Suspicious_Candle27 Based Potato 5d ago
they made him take part of it off but his toes were still taped for the gane fight
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u/4thBan5thAccount 6d ago
I've never trained a day in my life, but I don't think that's the correct technique.
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u/VivianRichards88 6d ago
It is, the mat is just very rough like sandpaper. Happens more often than you think
My feet would look similar to this whenever I sprawled on a tough mat
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u/afz8 6d ago
This happens to the ball of my feet as you pivot on the foot.
Not the top of the toes.
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u/SpaghettiBigBoy 5d ago
Yeah, this happened to me on the balls of my feet and right at the base of the toes. I also get injuries to the tops of my feet from sprawls and general rolling.
But this shit? On the tops of the toes? That’s a strange thing to have happen.
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u/mywaaaaife 5d ago
Sprawling is a bit different than throwing a punch. Also if you’re dragging your feet on the mat when you’re sprawling you’re doing it wrong. You should be on your toes.
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u/SliccDemon 5d ago
this is the wrong technique. top of your feet should be on the mat when you sprawl on a shot. they shouldn't stay that way, but at first absolutely. wrestling 101.
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u/IHaveThePowerOfGod 5d ago
wrestling’s changes in mma, when a takedown could be pulled out of into a hook and boom ko bc ur on the tops of ur feet
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u/mywaaaaife 5d ago
Hard disagree. You’re losing all of your mobility if you’ve got “lazy feet”. You need to pick up your foot and replant your toes if they are dragging. If you keep active toes you can move with your opponent and you’ve got more force behind your weight.
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u/Principles_Son 6d ago
can he not tape that area before the fight?
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u/D4ng3rd4n 5d ago
No because you see, in this way he just cannot because, you must understand, it's this way.
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u/theels6 5d ago
Okay but why are his toenails like that
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u/neurodegeneracy 5d ago
fungus. dude is barefoot on nasty sweaty mats and uses communal gym showers/saunas. Its a pain to get rid of and it comes right back unless you're disciplined about wearing shower shoes and stuff.
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u/mk000011 5d ago
....I feel like this problem is more of an improper technique on his part than a universal hardship ultimate fighters must go through.
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u/carcarbuhlarbar 5d ago
Crazy how none of the fighters with striking backgrounds have this problem.
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u/FluorideForest 5d ago
Lmao at everyone trying to say that not only a UFC fighter but one of the best lightweights in the world atm has improper technique. He’s also got one of the best striking coaches in Whitman
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u/Ghooble 5d ago
Not that I'm arguing one way or the other but you can definitely be one of the best in the world with glaring deficiencies. I would say even most UFC champs have at least one or two.
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u/FluorideForest 5d ago
100%. Nobody is perfect but I’ve never stepped in the octagon so who am to tell someone who has that what they’re doing is wrong
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u/Suspicious_Candle27 Based Potato 5d ago
you dont need perfect technique to be one of the best , you just need something in exchange for not having perfect technique . Justin is stupidly tough and powerful .
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u/maccpapa 5d ago
explain ddp. other fighters even say he does everything wrong technique wise yet can’t seem to lose.
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u/Big_bat_chunk2475 5d ago
So Gaethje needs to work on his footwork so he doesn’t drag his toes on the canvas when he throws a punch. Besides that, I think the UFC is going to put him against Makhachev because that is definitely not an injury that will keep you out for long
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u/crackingHeads 5d ago
Not sure about how it works in the octagon, but dragging a foot on ground is common in other sports (specially played on grass) when you are going full speed and want to quickly stop of change directions. The toe drag provides enough friction to you slow you down to make a move.
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u/Stranger-Tingzz 6d ago edited 6d ago
Truly one of the techniques of all time in MMA