Justin Gaethje has his eyes on the champ and no one else. The UFC interim lightweight champion wants to unify his title with the promotion’s undisputed 155-pound champion Khabib Nurmagomedov more than any other lucrative offers – including a potential bout with UFC superstar Conor McGregor . Gaethje (22-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is firm on wanting to fight for gold, despite pundits saying he’d take a McGregor “money fight” if offered “I could fight him right now if I wanted to,” Gaethje said, on a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience . “Everyone is going to say that I’m lying and that I would take (the fight with McGregor). Daniel Cormier said that the other day, (but) I’m not that fighter. “For one, I have the opportunity to do something that can be unmatched in the history of our sport
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Justin Gaethje wouldn’t trade Khabib title fight for Conor McGregor money fight – MMA Junkie