Next month,
Justin Gaethje will finally challenge for the UFC lightweight title when he takes on the undisputed champion
Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254. The fight figures to be one of the biggest of the year, and as the event gets nearer, Gaethje is starting to become even more focused on the task at hand.
And what a task it is. Aside from being the lightweight champion, Nurmagomedov is the second-ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world and many fighters currently view Nurmagomedov as the most dominant athlete in MMA. But despite all of Khabib’s accomplishments, Gaethje has a very simple plan for how to beat him come October 24th: make him bleed.
“I have a really, really good belief that’s he’s gonna have a really hard time putting me on the fence,” Gaethje told
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto recently. “I know I’m going to see his blood. I want him to see his blood and I want to see his reaction.”
“I don’t think he’s as crazy as me, that’s the thing. I think he is crazy and loves competition, but he isn’t quite as crazy as me. He also hasn’t seen his blood as many times, I’m sure. His style of fighting is not something where you are looking for blood or anything like that. I bet that doesn’t even cross his mind that he will see his own blood. That has never been a factor for him.
Sounds good justin
Everybody has a plan........