Former interim light-weight champion, Justin Gaethje has confirmed plans to take a six-month hiatus from the Octagon at a minimal following his UFC 300 knockout loss to Max Holloway within the pair’s symbolic BMF title combat earlier this month.
Gaethje, the present quantity three ranked division contender, featured on the principle card of UFC 300 earlier this month, taking over former featherweight champion, Holloway in protection of his symbolic BMF crown.
And en path to a moderately snug choice loss to the Hawaiian favourite, Gaethje was summoned to the Octagon middle with simply 10 seconds remaining within the remaining body – discovering himself on the receiving finish of a profitable proper hook counter from Holloway, felling him unconscious in brutal vogue.
Justin Gaethje planning prolonged hiatus
Confirming plans for an prolonged hiatus from the game, Arizona veteran, Gaethje appeared to trace at a possible six month layoff on the minimal – prioritizing his restoration following a ghastly knockout defeat.
“Metaphorically, I might be prepared tomorrow, however bodily, I do wish to deal with myself,” Justin Gaethje informed MMA Hangout throughout a latest interview. “I do assume that repeated concussions, with me going to sleep like that, me receiving that shot, It might be silly for me to leap again into coaching anytime earlier than 180 days.”
“I feel six months, at the very least, earlier than I get again to taking pictures,” Justin Gaethje defined. “However that doesn’t say that I received’t be coaching the entire time.”
Instantly shutting down ideas of a retirement off the again of his knockout loss, Gaethje vowed to make a triumphant return, after heaping reward on the large efficiency put in by Holloway – whom he brazenly admitted to feeling he would by no means stand reverse in a combat.
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