{"id":261706,"date":"2017-10-16T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T18:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=261706"},"modified":"2017-10-16T11:28:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T18:28:53","slug":"justin-gaethje-explains-will-avoiding-short-notice-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/justin-gaethje\/justin-gaethje-explains-will-avoiding-short-notice-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje explains why he will be avoiding short-notice fights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Gaethje is one of the most <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tuf-25\/tuf-25-finale-results-justin-gaethje-tkos-michael-johnson-highlights\/\">consistently exciting<\/a> fighters in the sport of MMA. Time and time again, the former World Series of Fighting lightweight champion and current UFC lightweight contender has flaunted his willingness to engage pretty much anybody in a tooth-and-nail brawl, gambling with his very consciousness for our entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Given Gaethje&#8217;s propensity for excitement, you might expect him to be the kind of fighter to happily accept short notice fights. Apparently, however, Gaethje is keen to steer clear of short notice fights \u2013 even though he admits the temptation to accept them will always be there.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe effort I put in, I expect myself to have eight to 12 weeks of preparation, and that\u2019s the way I do things,\u201d Gaethje recently told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/10\/ufc-218-justin-gaethje-declare-short-notice-fights-no-no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>. \u201cSo I hope to never make the mistake \u2013 I just want to put it on the record for myself, to look back on \u2013\u00a0that I hope I never make the mistake of taking a last-second fight. Because inside, I would want to. But it shouldn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Justin Gaethje will next step into the Octagon<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fight-slated-ufc-218-detroit-francis-ngannou-alvarez-gaethje-overeem-cejudo\/\"> at UFC 218 in Detroit<\/a>, as first reported by BJPenn.com&#8217;s own Chris Taylor. His opponent will be former Bellator and UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m going to go in there and finish Eddie absolutely as fast as possible,\u201d Gaethje told MMAJunkie.com of this fight with Alvarez. \u201cI deserve a shot at the championship if I keep beating these guys. So I hope I earn that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The most important thing for Gaethje, however, is entertaining the fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t want to win. I want to put on a show. I want to be the most violent lightweight in the world. And if I have to go through one of these guys after I beat Eddie, I will. But I\u2019m going to be running for sheriff around here.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Are you surprised to learn that Justin Gaethje isn&#8217;t interested in short-notice fights?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/16\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Gaethje is one of the most consistently exciting fighters in the sport of MMA. Time and time again, the former World Series of Fighting lightweight champion and current UFC lightweight contender has flaunted his willingness to engage pretty much anybody in a tooth-and-nail brawl, gambling with his very consciousness for our entertainment. 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