American Kickboxing Academy coach Javier Mendez believes the biggest threat to Islam Makhachev’s lightweight title reign is gone. Mendez considered Justin Gaethje to be the biggest threat to Makhachev.
UFC returns to Manchester for the first time in eight years, Gaethje gives a health update after being knocked out by Max Holloway
Justin Gaethje had the momentum in his fight at UFC 300 against Max Holloway -- and saw it shift with one kick and one broken nose in the first round. Gaethje lost to Holloway by knockout in the final second of the five-round lightweight fight in Las Vegas on April 13.
Justin Gaethje has no regrets about facing Max Holloway and has vowed to bounce back from his UFC 300 loss. Gaethje lost his BMF belt after getting stopped with a second left in the fight.
Justin Gaethje doesn’t regret fighting Max Holloway instead of waiting for a title shot that will now go to Dustin Poirier. Gaethje defeated Poirier via a vicious head-kick KO last year to earn the BMF title and bolster his relevance in the lightweight title picture.
This past Saturday night at UFC 300, we saw two massive matchups in the lightweight division. In the first of three title fights, Justin Gaethje (25-5) put his BMF title on the line against former featherweight champion Max Holloway (25-7).
Several years ago, Georges St-Pierre uttered the “not impressed” phrase. Now, Ilia Topuria is taking hold of it. Topuria, the reigning UFC featherweight champion, was in attendance at UFC 300 over the weekend.
Max Holloway had to remind the doubters at UFC 300 that he was one-half of the BMF title fight for a reason. Based primarily on a previously-unsuccessful venture to 155 pounds in 2019 and opponent Justin Gaethje’s well-earned reputation as a wrecking machine, Holloway entered Saturday’s fight as the underdog.
Max Holloway showed everyone why he is the BMF (Baddest Mother F****). With one second left in his title fight against Justin Gaethje, he knocked him out with a hook that landed square on the jaw, he becomes the new BMF champion.
Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje delivered the kind of fight the “BMF” title was made for. With Holloway in control of the bout at UFC 300, “Blessed” stood toe-to-toe with Gaethje for the final moments.
Justin Gaethje gave everything he could in his fight at UFC 254 against Khabib Nurmagomedov. Whether it was an array of takedowns, intense grappling, or hard striking, the Arizona native did everything he could to win the fight.
Justin Gaethje’s net worth in 2024 is $5 million. Gaethje is a professional mixed martial arts fighter in the UFC. He is a former UFC Interim Lightweight champion and the current UFC BMF title holder.
Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier have shared the UFC Octagon together as opponents. However, that appears to have only strengthened the bond between the two.
Justin Gaethje made it abundantly clear who he was rooting for after he watched his former opponent Dustin Poirier knock out Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299.
Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has always been one to speak his mind. The fighter was recently asked about an upcoming UFC 300 bout pitting Justin Gaethje against Max Holloway.
The history of the UFC is littered with great bouts between titans of the sport. The problem is that circumstances out of the control of UFC President Dana White often arise, making these major fights few and far between.
Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev have rekindled their rivalry after remarks made by Fiziev regarding an eye poke in their fight. "Ataman" was interviewed on January 30, where he discredited Gaethje's victory by alleging that an eye poke swung the fight in his favor: "[Gaethje] ran away from me for two rounds.
Benoit St. Denis believes Justin Gaethje is one of the only fighters in the UFC who is durable enough to go toe-to-toe with him. St. Denis pulled off his fifth consecutive stoppage win with a brutal first-round KO over lightweight veteran Matt Frevola at UFC 295 on Nov.
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