Nick Newell Recalls Justin Gaethje's Relentless Pressure, Compares Him to Du Plessis

Nick Newell, who faced Justin Gaethje in a 2014 WSOF title fight that Gaethje won by TKO, has reflected on what made Gaethje uniquely difficult to deal with. Newell said the only way to stop Gaethje is to knock him completely unconscious, noting that nothing — not fatigue, not damage — changes his output or pressure. Newell said he has encountered only two fighters who maintain that same relentlessness under exhaustion: Gaethje and Dricus Du Plessis.