Justin Gaethje Comments On Possible MMA Retirement

In an interview with MMANytt (via MMA Fighting), Justin Gaethje said that his goal is still to be the best and when it’s not he plans to retire. Here are highlights:

On wanting to be champion: “100-percent. When that’s not my goal, I will retire. I want to be the best. I want to be the best in the world.”

On learning from his losses: “The UFC, they are the hype machine, fighting on a UFC card there is nothing like it. Experience is a hell of a trait to have and now with some experience under my belt, it will do a lot of things for me. I’m going to be more comfortable in a sense and I’m going to be more vigilant in not getting comfortable in the fight. That comes with experience so yeah, I’m excited to out there and do it again.”

On fighting James Vick: “If you watch the fights, you have to understand how close either one of us were to getting the ‘W’ and finishing that fight. For James Vick to sit here and say I’m a ‘B’ league fighter and I don’t deserve the accolades that I’m getting — the bonuses, the main events — they guy just doesn’t get it. I’m painting a pretty clear picture of what pure effort can achieve in this sport and if you don’t want to pay attention, that’s not my problem.”