If Charles
Oliveira is certainly subsequent for reigning light-weight champion
Islam
Makhachev, Justin
Gaethje is prepared to take a seat on the sidelines.
Gaethje’s 2023 marketing campaign has included victories over Rafael
Fiziev and Dustin
Poirier, so he believes he has executed the required work to
obtain his third UFC light-weight title shot.
“Who do I battle?” Gaethje instructed
ESPN. “There is not any one. I did what I needed to do. … I do not know
what else I have to do.”
Oliveira was imagined to face Makhachev at UFC 294 earlier than a reduce
compelled him out of the battle. As a substitute, the Dagestani light-weight
retained his belt with a first-round knockout of Alexander
Volkanovski within the short-notice primary occasion. Afterward, UFC CEO
Dana White indicated that Oliveira would get his promised rematch
towards Makhachev subsequent.
If meaning Gaethje gained’t battle till late 2024, that’s nice by
him.
“In the event that they need to put Oliveira in there, then I battle him in
September [or next October],” Gaethje mentioned. … “I’ve no points
ready. Once more, as I become older I get to know from now till
the time I am gonna battle him I am gonna be constructing power, I am
gonna be engaged on my cardio, I am gonna be refining my expertise. So,
I am going to take as a lot time as they offer me and I will be that rather more
prepared.”
The 34-year-old Gaethje has twice come up brief in title bouts. He
suffered a second-round submission defeat to Khabib
Nurmagomedov in his first alternative at UFC 254, after which he
was submitted by Oliveira within the opening stanza in his second bid
at UFC 274.
