On Monday there was talk about a potential summer showdown between Conor McGregor and Justin Gaethje. On Tuesday, Gaethje’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz took aim at the rumor and blasted it apart.
The timing of Abdelaziz’s tweet was puzzling. A few days ago, Gaethje teamed up with UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo to make a video where Gaethje calls for a fight against McGregor.
‘Triple C,’ the man is not going to fight me,” Gaethje said in the video. “What the f—k do you gotta do? He’s running out of easy fights. I’m sitting here smoking my CBD, waiting for a motherf—ker to punch me in the face.