Drew Dober got the perfect lift going into UFC on ESPN+ 29 when he saw his good friend and teammate Justin Gaethje put on the performance of a lifetime. Just four days prior to when Dober (22-9 MMA, 9-4 UFC) is set to compete against Alexander Hernandez (11-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in a lightweight bout on Wednesday’s card, Gaethje (22-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) won the interim lightweight title with a thrilling effort against Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on Saturday that ended in a fifth-round TKO. The training camps of Dober and Gaethje essentially were replicates, so seeing the way Gaethje performed gave a lift of self-belief
The rest is here: