‘I’m Not Going to Fight Someone on Steroids’

Gaethje (25-4, 8-4 UFC) is coming off a powerful efficiency
in opposition to Dustin
Poirier within the
UFC 291 headliner, a second-round knockout victory that earned
“The Spotlight” his second consecutive triumph and the symbolic
“BMF” title. In victory, Gaethje additionally avenged the loss he suffered
by the hands of Poirier of their first encounter in 2018. Moments
after his win, Gaethje was referred to as out by former
Ultimate Fighting Championship two-division champion McGregor,
who promised to “slap” Gaethje round in a since-then deleted
Tweet.

On earlier events, the previous
World Series of Fighting champ tried to face McGregor in
the Octagon, however the matchup by no means materialized. Within the UFC 291
post-fight press convention, Gaethje said he wasn’t fascinated by
the McGregor struggle anymore, implying “The Infamous” was taking
unlawful substances since he wasn’t within the USADA pool.

“I believe he’s turned me down six occasions. And often you must
lose to struggle him, so don’t know what’s occurring. I don’t know, I
don’t actually care. No matter. I struggle MMA, I wish to struggle huge
fights, I like thrilling issues, so it sounds fairly thrilling to me.
I’m not going to struggle somebody on steroids. I’ve by no means taken
steroids in my life, by no means will. Properly, perhaps after I retire, I
may… however I’ve by no means taken steroids, and I don’t wish to struggle
somebody that’s dishonest. And I in all probability shouldn’t even say that if
I would like the struggle, nevertheless it’s the reality.”

At present, McGregor is connected to a conflict with Michael
Chandler after the pair coached “The Final Fighter” Season
31. Whereas the Nevada-based promotion implied the bout would go down
this 12 months, presumably in December, McGregor nonetheless must re-enter
the USADA pool after struggling a leg harm sustained within the rubber
match with Poirier.