UFC: Justin Gaethje says it’s ‘preposterous’ if Conor McGregor gets title shot, and blasts ‘idiot’ coach
- Gaethje vows ‘I’ll never fight in the UFC again’ if McGregor competes for vacant lightweight belt in trilogy with Poirier
- ‘He’s sitting at No 6. He’s won one fight in his entire life in the lightweight division,’ says former interim champ
Justin Gaethje has stuck the knife in after Conor McGregor’s humbling defeat by Dustin Poirier.
The former two-weight champ suffered a shock second-round TKO in the UFC 257 main event in Abu Dhabi last Sunday, which saw him slip to No 6 in the lightweight rankings, while “The Diamond” leapfrogged Gaethje back to the top of the heap.
McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh said in an interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that the Irishman is already lobbying the UFC for a trilogy rubber match against Poirier for the vacant title in May – which was met by short shrift from former interim champ Gaethje.
“They’re idiots,” Gaethje said of McGregor and Kavanagh to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. “He’s been treated special over and over and over, and he didn’t capitalise on this opportunity.
“That event was for him to win and he wants to be ‘Mr Humble’ now, but you know he would’ve been a [expletive] if he won that fight.
“So I don’t feel bad for him. I’m happy for Poirier that he went out there and did his job. I’m happy to see a loudmouth kid get knocked out. There’s nothing that makes me happier.
