Justin Gaethje lately defined why he would not wrestle as a lot as he may in his fights. Whereas Gaethje admitted that he may’ve wrestled extra within the preliminary levels of his MMA profession, he identified one essential distinction between wrestling in faculty and within the octagon.
Gaethje is among the many most well-known personalities on the UFC roster and is understood for his thunderous putting abilities. Intriguingly, the American fighter’s journey in fight sports activities started with NCAA D1 wrestling on the College of Northern Colorado, the place he was inducted into the Athletic Corridor of Fame in 2020 for his achievements within the sport.
Given his spectacular wrestling pedigree, many have puzzled why ‘The Spotlight’ did not use his wrestling abilities extra usually within the cage. In a latest video shared to his socials, Gaethje defined why and mentioned:
“The truth that I come from wrestling and do not use it as a lot as you’ll assume. In all probability an excellent criticism as a result of I may have tried to implement it extra earlier in my profession. Coming from a wrestler and by no means being a striker in any method, I fell in love with that a part of it. I used to be all the time one of the best [in wrestling] at stopping individuals from taking me down.”
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He continued:
“One other level is that there are seven-minute faculty wrestling matches. Now we’re taking 25-minute [MMA] matches. I may by no means even stroll off the mat after seven minutes, so I am not going to get drained in seven minutes after which get my a** beat as a result of I attempted to wrestle. I will by no means lose like that.”
Justin Gaethje names the “scariest battle” of his UFC profession
Justin Gaethje lately named the “scariest fighter” he is ever confronted within the UFC octagon. The putting savant named Edson Barboza because the fighter who scared him essentially the most and recalled watching the Brazilian’s fights as a child.
In a video shared to his socials, Gaethje recalled watching Barboza knocking out his opponents and telling his pals that he’d battle the Brazilian at some point. He mentioned:
“I might say Edson Barboza… Once I was a child, you recognize, I used to be only a fan of the game. You’d see individuals get to sleep. I’ve seen him do it a number of instances. It is onerous to not have these ideas at the back of your thoughts, you recognize, his leg kicks, his physique kicks.”
He continued:
“I keep in mind telling my pals after I was enjoying poker with them that I used to be gonna battle him at some point, earlier than I used to be within the UFC, they usually informed me I used to be filled with sh*t, after which I used to be preventing him, and I used to be like, right here we go. Yeah, after I fought Edson Barboza, I used to be somewhat bit scared.”
Gaethje notably beat Barboza by way of first-round knockout at UFC Philadelphia in March 2019.
Edited by Nishant Zende.
