After a six-year undefeated run, UFC lightweight contender Justin Gaethje is now on a two-fight skid. His most recent loss came at the hands of Dustin Poirier, who defeated him via fourth-round TKO in Glendale, Arizona in April.
The 29-year-old former WSOF lightweight champion is now scheduled to face James Vick, who is currently on a four-fight win streak. And if ends up losing badly, Gaethje may just cut his career short.
“I’m so much better than James Vick. It sucks to say it, but if I was to go out there and get outclassed by James Vick, I’d have to hang them up,” Gaethje said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA show on ESPN. “He’s not good, he’s slow,” he added. “I’m talking if I go…
Justin Gaethje: If I get outclassed by James Vick, I’d have to hang them up
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