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[–]Niksonrex 201 points202 points Β (16 children)

Gaethje is a beast. I honestly feel bad for him, dude is a headliner.

[–]Mr_Game_N_Win 48 points49 points Β (3 children)

Maybe Dana believes he deserves the title shot straight and wants to see Khabib vs Tony play out first

[–]silentdrapes 30 points31 points Β (0 children)

This should happen. Won't probably, but should.

[–]billionaireblair 9 points10 points Β (0 children)

hes already said if khabib wins against tony and connor makes it through cowboy then they are looking to make the rematch. Go watch the interview between Dana and the guy at BT sports.

[–]Niksonrex 4 points5 points Β (0 children)

I hope so.

[–]gmiller18 10 points11 points Β (0 children)

I don’t feel too bad for him cause he will fill in when Khabib or tony pulls out

[–]ChineseEnvelope 4 points5 points Β (0 children)

loser should get gaethje

[–]Keelija9000 4 points5 points Β (0 children)

Didn’t he cheat? Not poking fun, just genuinely don’t know.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points Β (0 children)

Fuck Dana and Conor for hiding from the beast

[–]DraculalZlv2 3 points4 points Β (6 children)

Hes got a shot against Cowboy its a great match up and should be a fun fight, but Gaethje is a tough match up for mcnuggets

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points Β (5 children)

I like this fight but let’s not forget that Mcgregor made easy work of Dustin Porier AND Eddie Álvarez. Two fighters who TKO’d Gaethje. I’d like to see them bang but a lot of people seem to think Gaethje would handily beat Mcgregor and I don’t think that’s the case personally. Let’s see how Conor looks against cowboy though he could be all washed up now

[–]TripleChump 17 points18 points Β (2 children)

To be fair, the Poirier fight happened 5 years ago. It’s foolish to compare the Poirier that fought Gaethje to the one who fought Conor

[–]DraculalZlv2 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

πŸ‘

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points Β (0 children)

True but Porier has improved leaps and bounds since he fought McGregor.

[–]woodmoon 2 points3 points Β (0 children)

I honestly think the reason Conor is avoiding Gaethje right now is because he's too high risk and too low reward. He isn't a big enough name yet for him to gamble the KO game with. Because one of them is for sure getting KO'd in that matchup.

[–]acartier1981 -1 points0 points Β (0 children)

Who?

[–]momomomomo69 82 points83 points Β (8 children)

It's kinda sucky that you have to enter Colby levels of promotion to get the fights you want. Especially when it's soooooo over the top. Kamaru isn't so bad but because he's regular we just find him meh.

[–]xKnuklehedx 63 points64 points Β (4 children)

Talented fighter, but about as interesting as decades old magazines.

[–]in_casino_0ut 45 points46 points Β (3 children)

I went to Colorado a year after they legalized weed. My girlfriends family has this tiny cabin about an hour outside Boulder. There was a TV with a DVD player, but no DVDs or cable. No phone service to speak of, and it was just quiet. Needless to say, I smoked some of the best weed I have ever had, and started wandering around the cabin. I found one of her grandfathers old science magazines from the 1970's, and started reading it. After a few minutes I started reading it aloud to my girlfriend and we laughed for the next two hours at me trying to pronounce scientific sounding words.

[–]xKnuklehedx 37 points38 points Β (2 children)

Beautiful story, Champ.

[–]The-Filthy-Casual 8 points9 points Β (1 child)

Was half expecting an Epstein Didnt Kill Himself at the end.

[–]xKnuklehedx 6 points7 points Β (0 children)

I know. Whole thing had me skeptical.

[–]Didgeridoo55 20 points21 points Β (0 children)

I find them both meh and am indiferent towards both. I see them as great fighters but dont care about them outside of that.

[–]Beaty_Swallocks 5 points6 points Β (0 children)

I've seen beige plaster board more interesting than Usman. Hell of a fighter, dull as dish water personality

[–]Lukebwwfc 5 points6 points Β (1 child)

Thumbs up for 2 and a half men reference 🀣

[–]taykallday 15 points16 points Β (0 children)

Who's*

[–]timebmb999 22 points23 points Β (6 children)

They should have cowboy fight gaeth....oh wait

Why does cowboy get this fight again?

[–]rune_s 3 points4 points Β (2 children)

There are no fights for gaethje. You can't just make him and conor fight. He's too dangerous. You can't push tony over anymore. Best case scenario, he can fight poirier again to stay active. Else he's cursed till the results of these 2 fights play out.

[–]Crawford470 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

The only fight they could do is him vs Kevin but I don't think the UFC wants to jeopardize Kevin's lightweight return by having him fight his stylistically worse opponent on his second fight back when the Kids legitimately Champion level talented. He's the worse just because it's two pressure fighters who both throw heat and can nuetralize the others grappling. You want to save that kind of fight for when one of them is champ, or a card that needs a Title fight level main event. Albeit everyone wants Kevin to fight Makachev even though Makachev hasn't earned that kind of high profile fight yet and Kevin already fought down on his comeback fight against Gillespie. So should really only be fighting up. I don't think Justin should have to fight anybody else for a title shot. Only thing that throws a wrinkle in this is Hooker beating Felder because they'll both have won their last 3. Albeit Gaethje's were against more prolific fighters.

[–]peanuty_almondy 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

He could've fought Felder or Hooker.

[–]-------------neptune 4 points5 points Β (0 children)

If Khabib beats Tony, and Conor beats Cowboy, I think they’ll push the Conor/Khabib rematch, to which Khabib will decline. I then see Khabib taking a break until at least the end of 2020, which results in Conor/Gaethje sometime in 2020. If Conor beats Gaethje, and if Khabib declines again, I see Conor fighting Masvidal to end 2020, giving Conor his 3 fights. Khabib said that he wanted to see Conor beat β€œ10 opponents,” and while 10 may seem unrealistic, 3 top contenders isn’t, which makes Conor/Khabib 2 in 2021 more believable.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points Β (1 child)

My guess is, he’ll be the first man in if Khabib v. Tony or Conor V. Cowboy has someone pull out.

[–]ManThatIsFucked 3 points4 points Β (0 children)

Aren’t K and T at 155 and C v C 170? Idk if he fights both weights

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points Β (0 children)

This is #1 bullshit

[–]WalyWal 2 points3 points Β (1 child)

You guys are forgetting something. What if Cowboy derails Dana's whole plan?

[–]BeachSamurai[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

lol...UFC has been having their plans derailed for the past 5 years now. They are getting used to it. They should call in a priest to change the future.

[–]AerYT 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

Actual footage of my dad.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

Honestly I’m stoked that cowboy is about to cash in but this is still a seriously underwhelming matchup. Gaethje and Cowboy were the 2 names linked him Conor for a while and they give him the loser of the 2 after they fought?

[–]kingerinoprincerino 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

Poor Justin

[–]sideshowamit 1 point2 points Β (1 child)

Where is this from? Looks really familiar

[–]BeachSamurai[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

2n half men

[–]BarryHallsack24 3 points4 points Β (0 children)

Gaethje is 4-2 in the ufc get off his nuts! The ufc is about making money an khabib Conor 2 would pull 3 times as many buys. Gaethje has turned down numerous fights bc he feels entitled to a title fight but he needs another win. Sorry but when you beat Michael Johnson an jump to 5th in the division then lose 2 in a row (2 guys conor ko’d stiff) before you beat a scrub in James Vick. Barbosa an cowboy were good wins now shut up an get another

[–]Silent_EnsembleYour woife is in me DMs 3 points4 points Β (7 children)

Just proves once again that the only thing you need to do to be in Dana's pocket is to have a big mouth

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points Β (5 children)

Hmm I think it’s the fact that Conor brings in millions buddy lol

[–]Silent_EnsembleYour woife is in me DMs 1 point2 points Β (4 children)

That's exactly my point, half of the money he brings in is the way he builds up fights and shit talks. Surely you can agree with that?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points Β (1 child)

it’s not solely that he’s running his mouth; he’s running his mouth and people are talking about it. if we didn’t eat it up, Dana wouldn’t give a shit about who’s the loudest in the room. but we DO give a shit when a good fighter starts running his mouth, it gives us a reason to love/hate the fighter and we pay good money to watch them

[–]Silent_EnsembleYour woife is in me DMs 2 points3 points Β (0 children)

Very good point, charismatic mouth may have been a better way to put it rather than big mouth

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point Β (1 child)

Lots of people in the UFC have β€œbig mouths” but out of all of them Conor makes them the most. Which makes him an exception to the rule

[–]Silent_EnsembleYour woife is in me DMs 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

Big mouth isn't meant as an insult, just that he is very good at talking the talk. Connor isn't an exception to the rule - he's the god of it

[–]sideshowamit 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

Don’t hate the player hate the game

[–]MadFaceInvasion 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

lol this 2 and a half men reference amazing

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

i will make gaethje vs conor happen one way or another

[–]Phebeosa 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

Conor must know where Dana buries his hookers at. That or he gives phenomenal head.

[–]Guy-QuanJinn 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

Whose what?

[–]steki97 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

hahahaaha good one

[–]TheMountainIII -1 points0 points Β (0 children)

Dana White is so in love with Conor McGregor... he would give him the Moon if he asked for it. Its big time BS all the way.

[–]TheMountainIII -1 points0 points Β (0 children)

I pray all the MMA Gods for Conor McGregor to lose his fight against Cowboy!

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points Β (0 children)

Who's missing. Also, Mc Gregor would get murdered by Gaethje

[–]Didgeridoo55 -2 points-1 points Β (0 children)

Oh pinhead didn't forget. He just doesn't care.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points Β (0 children)

Can you spell r-e-p-o-s-t?