In a recent interview with Brett Okamoto of ESPN MMA, the 32-year-old was asked about his thoughts on Chandler as an opponent. He replied:
Justin Gaethje on the current lightweight title picture
Justin Gaethje added that he did not like what happened with the UFC lightweight title after the retirement of former champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Gaethje believes he should have been first in line to fight for the vacant 155lb belt. However, Michael Chandler, despite only being one fight into his UFC career, was given the title shot instead. He was ultimately defeated by Charles Oliveira.
Justin Gaethje is now using the incident as motivation to mentally prepare himself to go up against Chandler. He stated:
You can check out Justin Gaethje’s full interview with ESPN MMA below:
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