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Nikita Kulishin, Justin Gaethje's primary sparring partner ahead of the Topuria fight, has revealed that he suffered a cut from Gaethje's uppercut in training in the exact same spot where Topuria was cut in the first round. Kulishin described how Gaethje's coach Trevor Wittman devised a specific gameplan built around deep head movement to the right, exploiting the fact that Topuria rarely throws high kicks, allowing Gaethje to angle off and launch his trademark uppercuts. Kulishin also credited Gaethje's physical conditioning — dense bones and skin toughened by regular sparring without headgear — as the reason the American rarely suffers cuts or swelling himself.
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