Khabib Exposes Justin Gaethje As Liar

The former UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov recently gave his take regarding the lightweight title picture. The former champion expressed that Islam Makhachev was more deserving of a title shot than Justin Gaethje due to Makhachev’s nine-fight winning streak and the fact that Gaethje just had a title shot one fight ago. Conor McGregor Girlfriend Reveals Weight Loss In Photo

 


 

Khabib Nurmagomedov opens up on Justin Gaethje

However, that came against Khabib himself in what was his final bout, which saw him submit Gaethje in the second round at UFC 254. Khabib reminded Gaethje of this result when arguing in favor of Makhachev receiving the next title shot.

“In last 8 fight, you got finished 3 times Justin,” Khabib wrote. “You had an opportunity to become champion, but you fell asleep Islam is on the 9 win streak, 3 fight in 2021 and all finishes. Just shut up and admit that Islam deserves this title shot, not you,” Khabib wrote.

Gaethje took note of the comments from Khabib but he raised doubts over its authenticity as he tweeted:

“I honestly do not believe it’s [Khabib Nurmagomedov] saying this stuff. He got someone running that s**t or something.”

 

Khabib stands by his original opinion that Makhachev was the more deserving of the two. He also stated that both Dariush and Makhachev are better than Gaethje and implied that the only reason Gaethje is likely next for the title shot is because of politics:

“Any of them, Islam or Dariush, right now, they deserve fight for the title,” Khabib told ESPN. “But we have some big names on lightweight. Like, you cannot say no for Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje. These two guys, they have very big name. But (as) fighters, my opinion, they better. Dariush and Islam, these two guys, they better than Dustin and Justin. It’s just my opinion.

“But they have big name and we know this game. And sometimes it’s not enough, like nine-win streak or seven-win streak. It’s not enough to fight for the title. Sometime you have to build your name, you know?”

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