The UFC newest lightweight contender Justin Gaethje has little respect for his latest opponent.
Last Friday, Gaethje fought Michael Johnson in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale. The two fought in a back-and-forth war that is a strong contender for the fight of the year. In the end, Gaethje walked away with a TKO victory in the second round.
“He dug himself a hole. He didn’t want to go out there looking like the biggest (expletive) in the world, so he just kind of wanted to go out there and look like a little (expletive),” Gaethje said on a recent episode of The MMA Hour.
“So he knew he got to that point where he wasn’t a huge (expletive) anymore so he could go down. I took it from him. Like I said, heart rate, thought process, I took every single one of them. Before the bell even rang I was controlling his thought process. As soon as the bell rang his heart rate was mine. His heart rate had to compete with mine and that can’t happen.”
Gaethje also said he is willing to fight former UFC Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez.
“Who’s in front of me? I want to go forward. Eddie Alvarez is in front of me. I want to fight the best in the world,” Gaethje said.
“I am a huge fan of Eddie Alvarez and nothing would make me more happy than to challenge that guy and to get beat up by him or beat him up.”
