At the age of 36, Justin Gaethje still shows that he is capable of playing with the top UFC boxers. At UFC 291 in July 2023, in a loss, Justin Gaethje suddenly defeated Dustin Poirier with a head kick. He is also one of the most rewarded boxers in the tournament.
Justin Gaethje himself is also considered as one of the “can be done” by UFC. Therefore, the public always tends to support his judgments. One of them is that Gaethje wants to continue the UFC Lightweight UFC championship in late 2024.
“People always mention the match between Arman Tsarukyan and Charles Oliveira at the next event. The winner in that match will encounter Islam Makhachev in June. But then what? Ideally, I will fight with the winner in that match in November this year,” Gaethje said.
One of the facilities that helped Gaethje confirmed that he wanted to continue playing in 2024 was because his condition was very good. The boxer said, after 7 months, he will have enough time to rest, return to practice and ready for the next talented scenes in the future.
Besides, Gaethje also made predictions about the competition between Arman Tsarukyan and Charles Oliveira. He was also not afraid to assert Tsarukyan had a chance to win more: “Oliveira will have to fail again. I think if Tsarukyan is likely to win, he will immediately take the opportunity.
Justin Gaethje joined UFC in 2017. His performance was 29 matches, including 25 victories and 4 defeats. In 2020, Gaethje won a temporary championship against Lightweight against Tony Ferguson, but then lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov in the belt match.