To say Justin Gaethje doesn’t look past his subsequent battle is a little bit of an understatement.
On Saturday night time (April 13), ‘The Spotlight’ will step contained in the Octagon for the primary time since scoring a highlight-reel second-round head-kick KO in opposition to Dustin Poirier in July. On that night time, Gaethje claimed the BMF title. Subsequent, he’ll put the bragging rights belt up for grabs when he meets former featherweight champion Max Holloway in a bout being dubbed by pundits as “the folks’s important occasion” of UFC 300.
Talking with media members throughout Wednesday’s UFC media occasion, Gaethje was requested about any potential fights he’s hoping to e-book earlier than laying down his gloves for good.
“I’m a quarter-mile at a time form of man,” Gaethje stated. “I don’t look too far forward. Truthfully, I’ve no clue what the longer term holds. I don’t often plan on being alive the day after my fights, so hopefully I’m there on Sunday.”
A win over Justin Gaethje might open to door to a 155-pound title alternative for ‘blessed’
Gaethje goes into UFC 300 with a light-weight title alternative hanging within the steadiness. Whereas he’s already regarded by most as the subsequent man in line to problem reigning 155-pound king Islam Makhachev, a decisive loss in opposition to ‘Blessed’ might disrupt these plans and pave the best way for him to sneak in via the again door and declare his personal shot on the ‘Dagestani Destroyer.’
“I’m in a state of affairs, I’m in a spot the place first issues first is Gaethje,” Holloway instructed Kevin Iole. “But when I can go on the market and get my hand raised like we plan on doing, there’s quite a lot of fights that may be there for us. And certainly one of them being the ‘55 champ, which I feel can be a enjoyable one. I’m nonetheless on this path and that’s why I’m right here right now.”
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