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The heavyweight title isn’t on the line during the UFC 291 primetime, but the BMF’s “famous” belt is… Justin Gaethje they need it!
TMZ Sports spoke to the 34-year-old UFC star ahead of his post Dustin Poirier on July 29 … and the Baddest Mom F****r belt is on the way. We asked Gaethje if he cared about the belt.
“I understand.” [the belt is] literally,” said Justin.
“There’s only two guys in the world that’s ever fought. We’re going to be two guys out of four now. And I feel like that, it’s good for the legacy, so in the end what we’re here to do is the legacy. Make money. That’s it. And, you understand, it makes us talk about the competition. So that’s good.”
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FYI, just Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal they fought for the belt… who made it for them. Gamebred secured the November 2019 fight by TKO…
It will be a rematch between Dustin and Justin…the blokes fought on the Combat Evening card in April 2018. DP defeated JG by fourth round TKO. It was only Gaethje’s third UFC fight.
“It’s part of my journey. It’s one thing that I’ll love forever, but you understand, I don’t think it’s a big deal,” Gaethje said about the impact of the first UFC 291 fight, including… “It was five years ago.”
“We’ve all grown up a lot and we’ve been fighting big since that day. So, yes, I feel like that’s one thing that I’ve always loved, but it’s not one thing that I’m using in preparation for the game.”
We also believe that Justin believes that victory will leave him in his quest for the 155-pound title.
“I’m not too scared about it at this point. [Dustin’s] the number of people with two roles in the world. I am a person with three roles in the world. I feel that no matter what is given to the winner of this battle, we all fight for the winner [Islam Makhachev-Charles Oliveira]. And if one of us is willing to go in there to get a quick win and not get hurt, then there’s a chance we’ll be ready for October.”
Makhachev and Oliveira ban at UFC 294 on October 21 in Abu Dhabi.
First, though, we answer the age-old question… who’s the worst mom?!