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UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje believes he would knock Conor McGregor out if they ever meet in the Octagon.<\/p>\n

Gaethje is currently looking forward to a fight with undisputed lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, but there’s been ample discussion surrounding a fight between him and the former champion McGregor.<\/p>\n

While Gaethje and McGregor have swapped plenty in the way of trash talk<\/a> over the last few months, Gaethje insists he respects the Irishman’s accomplishments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he should wait for the winner of me and Khabib,\u201d Gaethje told\u00a0ESPN <\/a>(transcript via MMA Junkie.\u00a0\u201cIf I win, I think he definitely comes back. If Khabib wins, I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m not sure about that. (Conor\u2019s) a legend, man. What he did was legendary status. I\u2019ll never take that away from him. He deserves credit. He\u2019s accomplished so much in this sport. What every fighter wants to attain, he accomplished, so hats off to him. I can\u2019t wait to punch him in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should Gaethje have the opportunity to fight McGregor in the future, he believes he’d drag the Irishman into a hellish fight and ultimately knock him out.<\/p>\n

One of the immediate keys to the knockout victory he envisions, he says, would be managing distance early on.<\/p>\n

\u201cDistance control is the No. 1 factor in any fight,\u201d Gaethje said. \u201cIt\u2019s established in the first 30 seconds. It\u2019s not visible, but it\u2019s established, and that would be a huge factor in our fight. Who can control the distance? I think the best thing about me is I can kick the (expletive) out of people, so when they are trying to control distance or maybe they are winning at that, I can kick them in the leg and try to reset that. So I think I would knock him out to be honest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s got about three rounds, and then it\u2019s hell, and he doesn\u2019t want to go to hell, so I think he\u2019s good for now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you think would come out on top in a fight between Conor McGregor and Justin Gaethje?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje believes he would knock Conor McGregor out if they ever meet in the Octagon. Gaethje is currently looking forward to a fight with undisputed lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, but there’s been ample discussion surrounding a fight between him and the former champion McGregor. While Gaethje and McGregor have swapped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":283710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,25154,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nJustin Gaethje explains how he would knock Conor McGregor out in potential fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje believes he'd put Conor McGregor through hell if they ever enter the Octagon together.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-explains-how-he-would-knock-conor-mcgregor-out-in-potential-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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