Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Justin Gaethje, wants to mentally break lightweight champ, Charles Oliveira, in their headlining bout this weekend.
Gaethje spoke with reporters at the media day ahead of tomorrow night's UFC 274 event and his matchup with Oliveira, where he explained he plans on bringing the quit out of the Brazilian champion, a trait he feels is embedded in Oliveira.
“We’re talking about a man with confidence, a different person, but ultimately the same Charles is still there,” Gaethje said (h/t MMA Junkie). “The same Charles that fought Cub Swanson, the same Charles that fought Donald Cerrone, the same Charles that fought RDA, Pettis – choices were made in that by him, and the choice to quit was made. I’m going to give him that choice on Saturday night. I guarantee that. I think (he has changed). However, once a coward, always a coward. I’m not calling him a coward, but you can’t just take that away. It’s there. Khabib never showed you that. That’s why you can’t compare those two. They are definitely not the same athlete. Charles certainly is not more dangerous than Khabib. His ability to take damage is not the same, proven through the times we’ve seen him fight. All my criticism of Charles is from a kid that we were talking about that we all watched grow.”
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