Manager: Justin Gaethje will retire if he | MMA News
Third-ranked UFC light-weight contender Justin Gaethje (26-5) might have fought for the ultimate time.
Former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria (16-0) and former light-weight titleholder Charles Oliveira (35-10, 1 NC) will struggle for the vacant 155-pound title at UFC 317 on June 28 during the UFC’s annual International Fight Week. Islam Makhachev (27-1) vacated the title to transfer up to the welterweight division in an effort to change into a two-division titleholder.
According to his supervisor, Ali Abdelaziz, Gaethje will ‘dangle up the gloves’ if he is not booked to face the UFC 317 winner.
“Justin Gaethje fight the (UFC 317) winner. He’s won three of his last four. He saved the UFC two times. They needed him and he was there,” Abdelaziz instructed Submission Radio. “The guy has done so much for the sport and if anyone says he doesn’t deserve it – He said, ‘If I’m not going to fight for the title then I’ll just hang up my gloves.’
“He’s a very principled man,” Abdelaziz continued. “He actually instructed me this yesterday. I used to be with him at the struggle. He mentioned, ‘If I’m not going to get a title shot, I really feel disrespected. I like being a UFC fighter. I like the UFC, but I really feel just like the UFC has to love me back.’ He would not really feel the love proper now.”
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Abdelaziz believes the fight promotion will give Gaethje what he wants and it will all work out.
“At the tip of the day, I believe this man, they love him. I believe they will give him what he needed,” he said. “But at the tip of the day we’ve got to see what occurs first between Charles and Ilia.”
Gaethje final fought in March, defeating Rafael Fiziev by unanimous resolution in a rematch at UFC 313. At 36, the clock is ticking on Gaethje’s probabilities of turning into an undisputed UFC champion.
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