Justin Gaethje Believes He’s Big Threat To Khabib’s Title Reign
Justin Gaethje believes that he should be in line for a shot at UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. This comes after his latest win under the UFC banner.
Gaethje scored a first-round knockout win over Edson Barboza in a lightweight bout that served as the UFC Philadelphia headliner. This show went down on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on ESPN.
Following the fight, the former WSOF champion made it known that he thinks he’s a bad matchup for Khabib should they share the Octagon.
“Tt doesn’t matter to me (who I fight next),” Gaethje told MMA Junkie. “They’re going to pay me a lot of money, that’s what I’m here for. I want to be the world champion. I want to fight Khabib, I think I’m one of the biggest threats to his title, and that’s my goal. Whoever I have to go through.”
“My ability to stop takedowns (would make me a bad matchup),” Gaethje said. “I am a Division 1 wrestler. I was a Division 1 All-American, I placed seventh in 2010, and my ability to scramble and avoid takedowns is something he’s never faced. And the power. He’s faced the power, but never with the ability to stop takedowns and scramble. The combination of the two.”
Gaethje made it known that whatever happens in the future, he plans to keep working hard with the hopes that the results will come.
“I want to fight for the title, so I don’t know,” Gaethje said. “I don’t know what I have to do. I’m going to put my energy into preparation to do that to every single person I face inside the octagon across from me that’s trying to take everything that I’ve ever worked for.”
