Media Ali: Gaethje never breaks his word, should Paddy get picked before him he retires from this sport

[Unheralded Truth]

"Justin Gaethje is a man of his word, he NEVER breaks his word!" Abdelaziz told Submission Radio.

"If he gets jumped by Paddy of all people, he will retire and he will never fight again in the UFC. I truly believe that, but also, the UFC is a business. Paddy, I got nothing against him.
He's great, he's entertaining... his last three opponents are 0-13."

"In the rankings Justin Gaethje is placed ahead of him. Justin Gaethje keeps giving UFC favors after favors. What has Paddy Pimblett done to the UFC to deserve a shot over Justin Gaethje?
If it's just pure entertainment, OK, give it to him. If it's pure merit, it's Justin Gaethje."

Abdelaziz himself sees only one worthy contender over Gaethje, and where Gaethje wouldn't feel disrespected.

"The only guy to get a title shot over Gaethje is Arman (Tsarukyan), I will not say anything more. But if anyone else than him gets a title shot over Justin Gaethje, it will be unfair."

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Crazy he’s still fighting with level 10 CTE

War Gaethje!!

 

[Last Falconry]

bye

 

[oski]

FUCK YEAH!

Justin Bless

Any Drasticfall nuthuggers want to tell us how the highlight would ever quit from a poke?

Give the man his fight!

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Who does he think he is... The Undertaker

Spoiler: LFG!!!

 

[CannotWin]

Good riddance. He has been a diva for years now.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Whoever gets the shot they are going to get separated from their consciousness very quickly anyway.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Paddy needs to fight someone relevant


If he gets a TS off of a washed Chandler/Green and the corpse of Tony Ferguson that would be some bullshit I don’t care how popular you are

He ain’t ready, and Topuria is gonna kill that hype train

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Dude is gonna rage quit if he don't get a consolation TS?

I guess that's his right.

 

[TheWobbler]

He's had enough chances let someone else have a shot. Paddy vs topuria is big money.

 

[MMACro]

I never pray but for this i will
Sayonara!

 

[Portland8242]

Why does it have to be between them?

Tsarukyan vs Hooker is in a few weeks time and the winner of that is easily the #1 contender.

 

[Luthien]

Biggest diva in the UFC Giving Arman a run for it

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Paddy needs to fight someone relevant


If he gets a TS off of a washed Chandler/Green and the corpse of Tony Ferguson that would be some bullshit I don’t care how popular you are

He ain’t ready, and Topuria is gonna kill that hype train

The obvious solution is to have Justin and Paddy fight for #1 contender but I guess Justin wont do that either.

 

[sdpdude9]

As much as I like Gaethje, this attitude shouldn’t be rewarded. He’s got a very dubious at best case. He’s already had 2 chances. He could have been a “just the guy available” kind of title shot but demanding it off such a weak case should absolutely not be rewarded.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Why does it have to be between them?

Tsarukyan vs Hooker is in a few weeks time and the winner of that is easily the #1 contender.

Ilia refuses to fight Arman LW is UFC version of the WWE's Diva's

should be fighting for this belt

 

[rjmbrd]

JG has taken a lot of head trauma in his career. It pains me to agree with Dana White, but he's right to say fighters talking about retirement should retire.

Justin has had a really solid career and in my opinion was an overachiever given his limited skill set. He's one of the few guys that had big paydays and seems to be a dude that has interests for his life outside the sport.

He's nowhere near a title shot.

We can argue if Paddy should go given his limited strength of schedule, but he's undefeated over 7 UFC fights coming off two stoppage wins. The UFC decided not to book the #1 contender Arman, and everyone else is rebuilding. I wouldn't mind if they booked him given the current field.

 

[JoeRowe]

Paddy isnt a great option but he's better than Justin atm. Say what you want about his winning streak but he dominated Chandler in a way that was much more impressive than even Charles just a cpl months earlier.

Arman
Max
Hooker
Paddy

All more worthy than Justin. He was an all-time action fighter but his entitled-attitude has turned me from a big fan into disliking him. Him and Usman deserve each other.

 

[ComeChooDaddy]

Thanks for the wars

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Justin isn't champ material. Extremely fun, just bleed, wild style, but takes a lot of damage in most of his fights and often wilts if he can't get someone out of there.

He's had a great career overall though, and delivered some highly entertaining scraps. He should probably just retire and save what's left of his brain circuitry.