UFC lightweight contender Justin Gaethje claims the former division champion, Conor McGregor, is chasing his “sloppy seconds”. Gaethje is a busy man, showcasing his violent, brutal combat style as often as he can, but he’s noticed Conor McGregor in the habit of fighting men Gaethje has just defeated.
Gaethje told TMZ Sports that he’s noticed a trend. “I don’t ever want to talk like this ’cause I hate to do it. [Donald Cerrone] is someone that I want to hang around with the rest of my life.
Justin Gaethje Says McGregor is Chasing His “Sloppy Seconds”
I don’t want to disrespect him in any way. Chandler doesn’t deserve it. Ferguson doesn’t deserve it. But to me, it feels like we’re in grade school and Conor McGregor’s following me around trying to pick up all my sloppy seconds. Like, is that not what’s happening?”
Gaethje claims that after he fought “Cowboy” Cerrone, Conor wanted Cowboy. Now, with Michael Chandler firmly in Justin Gaethje’s rear view mirror, McGregor appears to have agreed (at least via Twitter) to fight Chandler at 155 pounds sometime next year. Presumably, this will take place once McGregor’s broken leg, sustained against Dustin Poirier in July, heals.
“And I find it so hilarious. I need that guy who makes the cartoons to make a cartoon with that. But God, I hate to say it because, again, it’s disrespectful to the opponents that I beat.
But I fought Cowboy, then he wants to fight Cowboy. I just beat up Chandler, now he wants to fight Chandler. He will never say my name. And Ferguson’s on the list now, too. So I just find that comical.”
Of course, the reverse could also be true. McGregor fought Dustin Poirier long before Justin Gaethje did, and challenged Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title before Gaethje had the opportunity to do so.
With McGregor firmly out of action for the foreseeable future, the lightweight division is looking to move on from the McGregor/Khabib era and into the future. Gaethje will likely fight the winner of UFC 269’s main event, a title fight between defending champ Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier, for the title at some point next year.
Gaethje has long awaited his chance at the strap, and perhaps if McGregor makes the comeback he’s been promising since 2018 the pair will meet in the Octagon.
Do you want to see Justin Gaethje fight Conor McGregor, or will the “sloppy seconds” trend continue?
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