{"id":739790,"date":"2026-06-16T08:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739790\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:48:08","slug":"save-some-brain-cells-gaethje-advised-to-retire-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739790\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Some Brain Cells? Gaethje Advised To Retire On Top"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday (June 14, 2026), Justin Gaethje did the impossible in his UFC White House<\/a> main event.<\/p>\n

It was a remarkable moment for Gaethje\u2019s career even before factoring in the monumental scale of the spectacle event. Opposite one of his greatest challenges, Gaethje really rose to the occasion and put together all his skills to produce the bloody victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing left for Justin Gaethje to do,\u201d Johnson explained on his YouTube page<\/a>. \u201cWorld Series of Fighting champion. He\u2019s made so much money in mixed martial arts, probably a double bonus tonight, and I think the bonuses were $485k. He is an undisputed lightweight champion, he\u2019s been the interim champion of the world. There\u2019s nothing left for [Justin Gaethje] to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys might hate me for this, but the best thing Justin Gaethje can do is retire. He should retire on this amazing victory against a legend like Ilia Topuria \u2026 You retire on top, you save your brain cells, ypu ride off into the sunset. You beat one of the best athletes, you gave him his first f\u2014king defeat, ride away with the White House belt and the undisputed Lightweight championship belt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s numbers were slightly off, but Gaethje did indeed double dip on bonuses<\/a>, bringing home an additional $825k for his efforts. Gaethje has been a well-paid fighter for over a decade now, dating back to his WSOF days, and he\u2019s banked the third-most post-fight bonuses in UFC history. If \u201cThe Highlight\u201d would like to walk away, he should be financially secure.<\/p>\n

\u2026 But will he give up on fighting? Gaethje has yet to make an official announcement. It\u2019s quite possible he\u2019s waiting to see the outcome of Max Holloway vs. Conor McGregor 2 next month, as the table has now been set for a possible Gaethje vs. McGregor title fight<\/a> if the Irishman can pull off a miraculous upset of his own. Laugh if you\u2019d like, but nobody is turning down another potential \u201cred panty night,\u201d particularly given the years of bad blood<\/a> between athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday (June 14, 2026), Justin Gaethje did the impossible in his UFC White House main event. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,125620],"class_list":["post-739790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-white-house-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}