While Justin Gaethje loves beating Charles Oliveira in front of an arena packed with Do Bronx fans in Brazil, “The Highlight” is happy with the fact that UFC has arrived in his home state of Arizona for UFC 274.
Justin Gaethje won the title against Charles Oliveira and will face the lightweight champion this weekend on May 7. After several talks with Do Bronx retaining the title in their home country of Brazil, the UFC decided to set up the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona as their desired location. UFC 274. Gaethje is very excited to fight here and talks about his feelings before the big match.
Recently, Justin sat down with Megan Olivi for an interview with ESPN MMA ahead of the massive pay-per-view match. In the interview, Gaethje stated that as an act of kindness, he gave free tickets to many fans. “I bought 25 tickets” said Gaethje.
“I bought 25, I like to give tickets. It’s like I ran into a veteran around the corner while riding my bike and gave him 4 tickets. Random people, I’ll give tickets to those who have never been to a fight. Maybe I’ll find myself chatting over breakfast with a couple who’ve never had a fight.”
Justin Gaethje reveals his date with Arizona
Justin was born in Safford, Arizona and began his fighting career there. The fighter was an NCAA Division I wrestler prior to mixed martial arts. Justin fought all over the state of Arizona during his college days and made many friends in his time. The fighter reveals that about a few thousand of his friends will be at the FootPrint Arena on May 7 to witness him fight Charles in the octagon.
“I spent some of my most competitive times during high school, 30 to 40 miles from where I was going to fight. So the connection I have is, I don’t even know people who will be watching me,” he said. said Justin. It would be fair to say that we will witness a huge roar of support for “The Highlight” when it enters the octagon this weekend.
Justin scores great win against one-time title contender Michael Chandler At UFC 268. Gaethje will try to reverse the situation in the previous championship match against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254. Watch the full interview below:
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