{"id":379774,"date":"2021-03-24T10:10:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T17:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=379774"},"modified":"2021-03-24T10:10:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T17:10:55","slug":"justin-gaethje-upset-he-was-passed-over-for-title-shot-says-hes-everything-dana-white-wants-in-a-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-upset-he-was-passed-over-for-title-shot-says-hes-everything-dana-white-wants-in-a-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje upset he was passed over for title shot, says he&#8217;s everything Dana White wants in a fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje is upset that he was passed over for a title shot, saying that he&#8217;s everything Dana White wants in a fighter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/charles-oliveira-expects-to-ko-michael-chandler-to-win-the-lightweight-title-ill-catch-him\/\">The UFC recently announced that Michael Chandler will take on Charles Oliveira for the vacant title at UFC 262 on May 15 in Houston, Texas<\/a>. Although Chandler and Oliveira are tremendous fighters and deserving of fighting for the belt, many fans and media were surprised when Gaethje was passed over. After all, Gaethje was the interim champ not that long ago, and his only recent loss came against UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov. Gaethje is ranked higher than Chandler and Oliveira, so many figured that he would be in the running to fight for the title shot. But the UFC chose to go in another direction instead.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_MdTfI69XjQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full Reptile<\/a>, Gaethje expressed how upset he is that he isn&#8217;t the one fighting for the belt. &#8220;The Highlight&#8221; is one of the most exciting fighters in the sport and he said that even since he was a kid, he wanted to be the kind of savage fighter that White is looking for. But despite everything he&#8217;s accomplished, the UFC decided to go another route.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who knows, man. I can\u2019t talk about it a lot right now. I\u2019m sure me talking about it is the reason I\u2019m here in the past. Who knows? Maybe I p*ssed someone off, I don\u2019t know. All I know is since I was 12, 13 years old, I listened to Dana White do his interviews and explain what he wanted in a fighter, and I\u2019m that motherf*cker,&#8221; Gaethje said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/03\/ufc-news-justin-gaethje-frustrated-at-lack-of-fight-booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I get disrespected, it\u2019s gonna be hurtful because I really bought into what that man talked about. So yeah, it\u2019ll hurt because I feel like I\u2019m a company man from Day 1. I don\u2019t ever wanna go anywhere else, I don\u2019t ever want to fight anywhere else. But my principles are the most important thing to me, so we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Justin Gaethje should have got the title shot over either Michael Chandler or Charles Oliveira?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje is upset that he was passed over for a title shot, saying that he&#8217;s everything Dana White wants in a fighter. The UFC recently announced that Michael Chandler will take on Charles Oliveira for the vacant title at UFC 262 on May 15 in Houston, Texas. 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