Justin Gaethje hit a snag on the way to his championship fight against Charles Oliveira at UFC 274 this past May.
For the first time at a UFC media event on Thursday, Gaethje revealed that he was involved in a ‘vicious’ bicycle accident a couple of days before he was scheduled to fight Oliveira.
“My dumbass, 18 days before I fought Charles, I was riding my bicycle to the gas station to get some nicotine patches and I had like a vicious crash on my bike,” said Gaethje (video provided by MMA Fighting). “Smoked my head off the road, road rash all down my back, and then go in there and take that damage I took in that fight.