Luis Gurule upsets unbeaten Bilal Hasan at UFC 334: 'ChatGPT don't know sh*t'

Luis Gurule pulled off one of the biggest upsets of UFC 334, beating previously unbeaten flyweight Bilal Hasan by split decision on Saturday, November 14, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The judges scored the main card opener 28-29, 29-28, 29-28 for Gurule, according to the official UFC scorecards, handing Hasan the first loss of his professional career.

Gurule (12-4) closed as a +580 underdog on average across major sportsbooks, per MMA Junkie citing BestFightOdds. CBS Sports reported that Hasan (10-1) had been as big as a -1000 favorite. Hasan, nicknamed "IndoNinja", was fighting only for the second time in the UFC and had been seen as one of the most promising signings from this year's Dana White's Contender Series.

How the fight played out

Hasan had the better of the first round. He kept his distance, chipped at the legs with kicks and went upstairs with a head kick that got Gurule's attention, MMA Fighting reported. Gurule answered late in the round with a counter right hand that dropped Hasan for a flash knockdown, but Hasan got straight back up. CBS Sports noted that most observers still gave him the round on volume.

Gurule then changed the fight. In the second round he blocked a spinning backfist and timed a takedown. From there he pinned Hasan against the cage and stayed busy with punches and elbows until the horn. He opened the third with another takedown and kept top position despite a deep cut over his eye from an elbow. Hasan tried submissions from his back but couldn't get free before the final bell.

CBS Sports pointed out that Gurule, an NCAA Division II All-American wrestler, had never landed more than one takedown in a UFC fight before Saturday.

'F*ck the odds'

The ChatGPT jab had a backstory. According to CBS Sports, Hasan asked an AI chatbot during the UFC 334 press conference who would win, and it picked him. Gurule brought it up as soon as the decision was read.

"ChatGPT don't know sh*t," Gurule shouted after the win, according to MMA Fighting. "F*ck the odds. F*ck the haters. I'm so happy. Look, there's only 10 people that believed in me, and it feels f*cking good. I dragged him into deep waters. I knew he couldn't swim."

In a backstage clip posted by MMA Fighting on Sunday, he kept it short: "F*ck ChatGPT, f*ck the haters. I knew what I could. I'm not surprised."

Food poisoning on fight day

At the post-fight press conference, the 33-year-old told reporters he had been sick on the day of the fight, Sherdog reported.

"I couldn't keep anything down at all today. It's like the lightest I've ever been going into the cage," Gurule said. "I just kept belief in myself. I kept belief in my team. I silenced all the noise about the odds, about the ChatGPT, about, you know, just everything."

He said he expected to have the edge on the ground, but didn't expect it to be so easy. "I definitely thought I was going to be able to capitalize on my grappling. I felt like he wasn't really tested there," Gurule said. "Once I got the read after the first round, I was like, honestly, I was surprised I was able to keep him down as easily."

Gurule thanked his training partners and said he wants to stay active and climb the flyweight rankings.

What's next

No next fight has been announced for either man. For Gurule, the win over a highly touted prospect on a Madison Square Garden main card is the biggest of his career. For Hasan, it is a reset after a fast rise.