Justin Gaethje and Michael Johnson had quite the brawl recently at the TUF 25 Finale, it’s already a top contender for ‘Fight Of The Year’ in most people’s eyes. Gaethje had some harsh words for his opponent after the fight, in a recent edition of the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani… Saying that “little b*tch” Johnson “dug himself a hole” before the fight even started, what with all the trash talk and pre-fight antics Johnson decided to take part in.
“Yeah I did (respect his toughness). But, he dug himself a hole. He didn’t want to go out there looking like the biggest bitch in the world, so he just kind of wanted to go out there and look like a little bitch,” Gaethje said
“So he knew he got to that point where he wasn’t a huge bitch anymore so he could go down. I took it from him. Like I said, heart rate, thought process, I took every single one of them. Before the bell even rang I was controlling his thought process. As soon as the bell rang his heart rate was mine. His heart rate had to compete with mine and that can’t happen,” he added.
“Who’s in front of me? I want to go forward. Eddie Alvarez is in front of me. I want to fight the best in the world. I am a huge fan of Eddie Alvarez and nothing would make me more happy than to challenge that guy and to get beat up by him or beat him up,” concluded the former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) champion.
Well, I guess the barn-burner that would have been Tony Ferguson VS. Justin Gaethje is off, seeing as the big man Dana White is looking to re-book the Khabib Nurmagomedov – ‘El Cucuy’ fight. Therefore Justin will have to go after some other fresh meat, while he waits his turn to fight Ferguson… That fresh meat, as you heard before, is Eddie Alvarez…
Oh, in case you were wondering what teeny, tiny, miniscule amount of cash Reebok paid the TUF 25 Finale fighters, here’s the full Reebok payout list…
So small… So small… 🙁
Justin Gaethje: $2,500
def. Michael Johnson: $15,000
Jesse Taylor: $2,500
def. Dhiego Lima: $2,500
Drakkar Klose: $2,500
def. Marc Diakiese: $2,500
Jared Cannonier: $2,500
def. Nick Roehrick: $2,500
Brad Tavares: $10,000
def. Elias Theodorou: $5,000
Jordan Johnson: $2,500
def. Marcel Fortuna: $2,500
Angela Hill: $2,500
def. Ashley Yoder: $2,500
James Krause: $5,000
def. Tom Gallicchio: $2,500
C.B. Dollaway: $15,000
def. Ed Herman: $15,000
Tecia Torres: $5,000
def. Juliana Lima: $5,000
Gray Maynard: $15,000
def. Teruto Ishihara: $2,500
Missed the fight? Wanna know why the hell everyone is STILL going on about it? Here’s Fox’s recap/highlight:
https://youtu.be/JmaJQJvDrkU