Justin Gaethje could see about as well as the eyes tattooed on his stomach could before getting eye surgery, says Dan Hardy.
Gaethje pieced together an incredible 17-0 run prior to signing with the UFC. He had corrective eye surgery heading into his debut against Michael Johnson. Hardy spoke with Gaethje ahead of UFC 249 and shared a tangible story of just how bad Gaethje’s vision was.
“He was saying before he had the eye surgery, he would have to get his hands on his opponent to know where they were. His eyesight was so bad that he actually had to physically be in contact with his opponent to know what he was hitting,” Hardy told John Gooden on Inside the Octagon.