Gaethje talks about creating a ‘zone of death’ against Khabib

Gaethje was on "Believe you me Podcast " with Bisping


https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/8/...e-of-death-for-khabib-nurmagomedov-at-ufc-254


“We’re not wrestling anymore,” Gaethje said during an appearance on Michael Bisping’s Believe You Me podcast. “There’s gonna be a zone in front of me, it’s not very big. It’s gonna be a zone of death, and I have to represent death every time he enters this zone. That’s what I’m the best at, creating carnage. Creating car crashes.

“So my only goal when I step in there is to create as many car crashes as possible. Whether it be our bodies hitting, our heads hitting, our f**king shoulders hitting, my fist hitting his head, his fist hitting my head, it doesn’t matter – I need to create car crashes because it’s the only way to beat this guy.

“It’s a fight,” Gaethje said. “We watch this sport and we understand that there’s levels, me and Michael really understand that there’s levels, and this is a fight on the highest level. There is no fight with more skill sets, other than submissions – you could bring submissions to the table, but who the f**k needs that? Outside that, this represents the pinnacle of the sport. He’s 28-0. I have two losses, both of those were fights of the year.

“I have never not come out of the cage without my opponent being absolutely broken from physical damage. He’s never walked out with a lot of physical damage, so we’re going to see who can impose their will and only one of us will. I do think it’s going to be a battle for the ages.”

“I think his biggest weakness is I believe that he thinks he’s infallible,” Gaethje said. “I think if you told him that or brought it to his attention, I believe that he would be very good at explaining to you how he does not believe that, but I believe that he surrounds himself with people who stroke his ego. I believe that culture – this is what I’m counting on anyways – they can stroke your ego, I’ve seen it. I’ve seen it over there. I’ve seen fighters really just surround themselves with a posse that really pumps them up and jacks them up.

“At the end of the day, he breathes oxygen. His brain needs to get oxygen. If I can short-circuit that oxygen supply for half a second, then he’ll go to sleep.”
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Imagine dying for crappy UFC money. That’s how you can tell these dudes never played a real sport and got paid for real. Some of these boys are brainwashed thinking they should die for UFC lol
 
Peli said:
I like and respect his approach

But I don't agree with his conclusions.

I hope Khabib mauls him to show him there are levels to this
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indeed. This is going to look like the dustin poirier fight where he ends up looking confused and his corner has no advice to offer him about how to keep khabib off of him.
 
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