Justin Gaethje responds to Conor McGregor: “I’m not gonna fight someone on steroids”.
Justin Gaethje has insisted that he “doesn’t care” about a potential fight with Conor McGregor after being called out by the Irishman after his win over Dustin Poirier.
Gaethje knocked out McGregor’s most recent octagon foe Poirier with a nasty head kick in the second round of their BMF title fight last night at UFC 291, and immediately called for a world title bout after the fact. However, attention quickly turned again to McGregor, who took to Twitter to demand that his rival fight him.
The Irishman is due to fight Michael Chandler in his slated octagon return at the end of the year, but wrote “f*** Chandler” in his set of messages to Gaethje on social media. However, speaking after the event in Salt Lake City, the former interim lightweight champion insisted that he is unfazed my McGregor’s calls.
“I think he’s turned me down six times,” Gaethje joked when asked about the tweet. “So usually you have to lose to fight him so I don’t know what’s going on… I don’t know, you know I don’t really care, I really don’t care… Whatever, I fight MMA, I like to fight big fights and I like exciting things, it sounds pretty exciting to me.”
The BMF seemed completely uninterested in Conor McGregor fight and branded him a cheater after UFC 291. Gaethje shed lights on Conor McGregor not entering USADA testing pool ahead of his UFC return.
“I don’t really care. I fight MMA. I like to fight big fights. I am not gonna fight someone on steroids. I have never taken steroids in my life and never will. Or maybe when I retire I might. I’ve never taken steroids and I don’t want to fight someone that is cheating.”– Gaethje started at after his win at UFC 291.
Justin Gaethje gave UFC fans a flash back of Leon Edwards head kick KO against Kamaru Usman. The former interim champion won the BMF title by beating Poirier in round 2.
After winning the BMF title, Justin Gaethje is aiming to fight the winner of Makhachev vs Oliveira 2. However, Conor McGregor wants a piece of the BMF after his UFC 291 win.
The former two division champion called out Justin Gaethje after UFC 291 and tweeted: “Justin, I’ll slap you around”.
