{"id":308809,"date":"2019-04-06T13:18:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T20:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308809"},"modified":"2019-04-06T13:18:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T20:18:45","slug":"justin-gaethje-hoping-for-conor-mcgregor-matchup-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-hoping-for-conor-mcgregor-matchup-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje Hoping for Conor McGregor Matchup in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Justin Gaethje is making it known who and which fight he wants next. Always one to run straight into the fire, Gaethje told TMZ<\/a> earlier this week he is hoping to get a crack at Conor McGregor next — even if he has to travel to Ireland to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are so many [potential] fights right now, but Conor sounds like he’s coming back, so I’m the man,” Gaethje said in an interview with TMZ<\/a>. “If he’s going to fight someone it has to be me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Tony [Ferguson<\/a>] is there but he’s gotta go back and get better. That leaves Conor and me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s the name of the game. I want to fight him in Ireland, though I know it’s not going to happen in Ireland. That’s my dream to go over there and be in that sort of chaos. That’s what fucking wakes me up every day.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite having the better wrestling credentials, Gaethje says he would have no intention of trying to drag the fight to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m going to go out there and stand,” Gaethje said. “And I’m going to knock him out. If he wants to retire I can help him on his way out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn’t be counting on using my wrestling. I just gotta touch him once. Both of us have the skill where we just got to touch you one time. Who fucking knows? This is a crazy sport. [I’ll] go in there and roll those dice. That kind of chaos, I want that in my life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Gaethje knows his own interest exists, he’s unsure of that of “The Notorious One”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He’s a warrior,” Gaethje said. “I know that it’ll intrigue him for sure. But he might just be like, ‘No thank you.’ He can’t take my leg kicks. If I wanted to wrestle him, I could wrestle him all day — and I can knock him out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The last thing he needs to be is on his back, reaching for the sky.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full video of Justin Gaethje’s interview with TMZ can be seen below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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