{"id":399829,"date":"2021-11-18T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=399829"},"modified":"2021-11-18T00:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T08:00:50","slug":"justin-gaethje-suggests-islam-makhachev-to-do-your-fcking-job-and-fight-beneil-dariush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/justin-gaethje\/justin-gaethje-suggests-islam-makhachev-to-do-your-fcking-job-and-fight-beneil-dariush\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje suggests Islam Makhachev to &#8216;Do your f*cking job&#8217; and fight Beneil Dariush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Gaethje doesn&#8217;t believe Islam Makhachev has earned his shot at the UFC lightweight title.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 269 on Dec. 11 will see current champion Charles Oliveira attempt to defend against former interim titleholder <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-continues-to-take-aim-at-dustin-poirier-says-their-rivalry-is-still-not-settled\/\">Dustin Poirier<\/a>. In the meantime, &#8220;The Highlight&#8221; and one of Dagestan&#8217;s finest make their cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMakhachev fought No. 14, went to No. 5, and fought a late replacement in Dan Hooker,\u201d Justin Gaethje said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IF1-ze6v26E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC Unfiltered<\/a> podcast (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/11\/ufc-news-justin-gaethje-islam-makhachev-should-fight-beneil-dariush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cIt wasn\u2019t Dan Hooker on a full camp. It does not count as much, but still, it\u2019s two top 15 guys, none in the top five, only one in the top 10. That\u2019s not how this sh*t works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo your f*cking job, fight these guys, and Beneil Dariush is right here. And I like the dude, he\u2019s my friend so you know I\u2019m just going to jump over this man and expect to get a title shot when the No. 3 guy is Beneil Dariush. Handle that. That has to be handled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Islam Makhachev most recently extended his winning streak to nine straight with a dominant first-round kimura against Dan Hooker at UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi. After the recent banter with Justin Gaethje, Makhachev is seemingly open to a fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So we\u2019ll go to war \u2694\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xIlkkWAjWI\">pic.twitter.com\/xIlkkWAjWI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Makhachev Islam (@MAKHACHEVMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MAKHACHEVMMA\/status\/1461086380361195532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So we&#8217;ll go to war,&#8221; Makhachev responded on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Gaethje rebounded from his title defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a typical fashion when taking on Michael Chandler at UFC 268. The pair put on a potential fight of the night year resulting in the fight of the night and a split decision for Gaethje.<\/p>\n<p>As for the odd man out in Beneil Dariush, he also currently rides a lengthy winning streak having won seven fights in a row. His most recent being his largest when earning a unanimous decision against Tony Ferguson at UFC 262 in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Gaethje doesn&#8217;t believe Islam Makhachev has earned his shot at the UFC lightweight title. UFC 269 on Dec. 11 will see current champion Charles Oliveira attempt to defend against former interim titleholder Dustin Poirier. In the meantime, &#8220;The Highlight&#8221; and one of Dagestan&#8217;s finest make their cases. \u201cMakhachev fought No. 14, went to No. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54445,"featured_media":399832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[20022,10285,25154,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Justin Gaethje suggests Islam Makhachev to &#039;Do your f*cking job&#039; and fight Beneil Dariush<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Justin Gaethje and Islam Makhachev are making their cases for the next in line to challenge the winner of Charles Oliveira vs. Dustin Poirier\" \/>\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\/justin-gaethje\/justin-gaethje-suggests-islam-makhachev-to-do-your-fcking-job-and-fight-beneil-dariush\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justin Gaethje suggests Islam Makhachev to &#039;Do your f*cking job&#039; 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