Vick and his UFC Lincoln main event opponent Justin Gaethje threw down verbally at the UFC 25th Anniversary press conference on Aug. 3 in Los Angeles. Gaethje flaunted his main events, his bonuses, and his paychecks, which caused Vick to unload on the former World Series of Fighting champion, denigrating his level of competition and referring to Gaethje as “The Homer Simpson of MMA.”
All of that, though, as well as heated exchanges between Israel Adesanya and Derek Brunson, got overshadowed by the announcement of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor at the end of the event, as well as Nate Diaz storming out of the presser when the UFC 229 main event was announced.