Justin Gaethje is using excessive after his Paddy Pimblett victory, and the patriotic American goals to parlay it right into a spot on the UFC’s hotly mentioned White Home card for the Summer season. Gaethje is now the one two-time interim champion in UFC historical past after besting Pimblett on January twenty fourth and has punched his ticket to combat divisional kingpin Ilia Topuria at a later date.
On the UFC 324 post-fight press convention, the ex-BMF champion touched upon his idealized imaginative and prescient for when that light-weight title unification bout might transpire, Gaethje mentioned,
“I positively want a while off. He f***in rocked my mind a pair occasions, and the one factor we now have over the extra harmful sports activities, which is boxing and soccer, is we get to take time, so I’ll try this. However the White Home is in June and I characterize this nation.”
“I represented it tonight and I hope to be [on that card] – clearly, take a look at the place and alternative they simply gave me right here. There’s no means they’re maintaining me off that card until I’m useless.”
When requested a follow-up query by an on-site reporter relating to what lies forward for him, towards the sidelined two-division UFC champion who now looms massive over 155 kilos, Gaethje acknowledged,
“Can’t wait [for fighting Ilia next]. It’s what I received right here for, that’s what we do. And naturally that’s what I consider the following combat is, until he’s not again.”
Justin Gaethje refuses Dana White’s request following 2nd UFC interim title win
Justin Gaethje was somebody that Dana White wished to see take, a minimum of a precautionary journey to the hospital following his huge win over ‘The Baddy’ however Gaethje was not having it. Whereas Paddy Pimblett went to the hospital following the five-round barnburner of a bout, Gaethje, who is way extra seasoned inside these sorts of iconic canine fights, informed the corporate figurehead he was good and used his anecdotal expertise in these battles to evaluate that.
Dana White talked about this within the UFC 324 post-fight press conference and spoke on how Gaethje was apparently 100% following his victory within the first headlining combat of UFC’s new media rights cope with Paramount.
