{"id":362165,"date":"2020-09-25T08:18:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=362165"},"modified":"2020-09-25T08:18:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T15:18:21","slug":"bas-rutten-explains-how-justin-gaethje-can-defeat-khabib-nurmagomedov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/bas-rutten-explains-how-justin-gaethje-can-defeat-khabib-nurmagomedov\/","title":{"rendered":"Bas Rutten explains how Justin Gaethje can defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA legend turned commentator Bas Rutten believes Justin Gaethje has a real shot at dethroning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>Gaethje, the UFC&#8217;s interim lightweight champion, will challenge the undefeated Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC 254 on October 24. He&#8217;ll enter the fight as an underdog, but he&#8217;ll also do so with the confidence of Rutten.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 253: Bas Rutten Predicts Adesanya\/Costa, Gaethje&#039;s Leg Kicks vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov + more!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lqwHJ22i9nA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rutten broke down this matchup on the latest episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lqwHJ22i9nA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submission Radio<\/a>, emphasizing the way Gaethje, the former World Series of Fighting lightweight champ, has matured as a fighter\u2014particularly in his interim title-winning defeat of Tony Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QPLiPy\">\u201cI think [Gaethje] could be the guy who beats [Khabib],\u201d Rutten said (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/9\/25\/21455549\/morning-report-bas-rutten-thinks-justin-gaethje-should-tire-khabib-nurmagomedov-then-let-leg-kicks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI truly believe so, because he\u2019s a great wrestler \u2013 he might stop the takedowns. Listen, the best thing that ever happened to Gaethje was getting knocked out, because I had been telling him at the World Series of Fighting and PFL so many times, \u2018Why do you fight like this?\u2019 [He said], \u2018Because it\u2019s exciting and I want to be here for the fans.\u2019 And I said, \u2018Dude, eventually it\u2019s going to hurt you. You want to be able to speak to your kids when you\u2019re going to have kids, right?\u2019<\/p>\n<p id=\"TfWQ6I\">\u201cWhen he got knocked out, now, suddenly, he starts fighting like his coach Trevor Wittman really wants. The way he was with [Tony] Ferguson, that was scary. I was afraid for Ferguson. He started shaking his head, I thought, oh, he\u2019s got brain damage. He got hit so hard, and nobody\u2019s been able to stop him. I know Gaethje is in Denver and he\u2019s got the mile-high [environment], and they\u2019ve got great stamina. I thought Ferguson could keep on pushing, but [Gaethje] had no problem.<\/p>\n<p id=\"AQM3Q5\">\u201cSo now, Khabib is going to face someone with endless stamina, a freakin\u2019 heart as big as a lion. Even if he\u2019s tired, he will do the craziest things. He\u2019s got great low kicks, he\u2019s got great takedown defense, and who knows, man? He\u2019s really started thinking later in his career, and that\u2019s why you see him shine now. Maybe he\u2019s going to shoot for a takedown. You don\u2019t know what he\u2019s going to do, because he\u2019s never done it before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In terms of what Justin Gaethje actually needs to do to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254, Rutten points to a gameplan based on cardio, kicks, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-interested-to-see-how-khabib-nurmagomedov-reacts-when-he-starts-to-bleed-at-ufc-254\/\">pressure<\/a> and takedown defense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"fBYmGN\">\u201cI think that if Gaethje can do that as well with his low kicks; I wouldn\u2019t do that in the beginning especially, because that might set him up to be taken down,\u201d he said. \u201cBut now we\u2019re going to find out if we can stop the takedowns from Khabib, and if he can Khabib is in trouble.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RuFTbf\">\u201cHe know\u2019s he\u2019s got the endless stamina. So he\u2019s going to push this fight. Khabib\u2019s probably the guy who works everybody in the gym, so he needs to find ways to get him really tired, because otherwise, he\u2019s playing his game and is still in his zone.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UUqfn7\">\u201cI think if Gathje is pushing, pushing, pushing, and once [Khabib] gets tired, and that\u2019s the moment you want to start implementing the low kicks. Like in rounds three or four, once they start getting tired, because Khabib \u2013 I think nobody has ever fought a guy like Gaethje. This guy just comes forward the whole time and everything is power, and he\u2019s got endless stamina. He\u2019s a very hard guy to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Justin Gaethje can beat Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA legend turned commentator Bas Rutten believes Justin Gaethje has a real shot at dethroning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. 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