4<\/p>\n Gaethje was perfect in all departments against Topuria in the main event of an historic UFC event at the White HouseCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Gaethje<\/a> was a huge underdog heading into his 33rd professional MMA fight but left the previously undefeated Topuria black, blue<\/a>, and barely recognisable after four rounds of action.<\/p>\n As Gaethje had openly discussed that Topuria<\/a> marked his last chance to claim an undisputed UFC<\/a> title in his career.<\/p>\n Questions about whether the 37-year-old will continue fighting have naturally followed.<\/p>\n The American was asked about retirement on Sunday after his victory, but revealed he had promised his mother not to make a decision on the night.<\/p>\n READ MORE MMA NEWS<\/p>\n A report from MMA Junkie<\/a> on Wednesday then confirmed Gaethje had been medically suspended for 180 days.<\/p>\n He joins three losers from the UFC White House card: Topuria, Alex Pereira<\/a>, and Aiemann Zahabi<\/a>.<\/p>\n This would leave Gaethje, who is reportedly waiting on MRIs on his right wrist and left knee, out of action until at least December.<\/p>\n Another Highlight?<\/p>\n But speaking on The Pat McAfee Show<\/a>, ‘The Highlight’ all but confirmed he’s not going to be fighting again this year anyway.<\/p>\n \u201cI already fought twice this year, and very rarely do you get me twice in one year,” Gaethje explained.<\/p>\n “So there\u2019s a very, very, very small chance that I would ever consider fighting again this year [because of] what I put myself through.”<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n UFC White House was a one-of-a-kind spectacle that is unlikely to ever happen againCredit: Getty 4<\/p>\n Gaethje could decide to end it on the highest of highs, but has not confirmed whether he will continue fighting or notCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Speaking on how much the Topuria victory took out of him, he continued: “Every single time I fight, I feel the energy change in the whole arena, and I know it happens.<\/p>\n “I\u2019ve been to so many fights \u2013 very rarely does that happen.<\/p>\n \u201cBut every single time I walk out, everybody knows they\u2019re going to feel something they dream to feel on the night, and I\u2019m going to give them that.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked briefly about retiring, Gaethje responded: “My spirit will never retire, boys. I created that on Sunday.”<\/p>\n Who could Gaethje fight next?<\/p>\n Gaethje will certainly be on an all-time high this week, having also walked away with a mega $825,000 in bonuses<\/a> following his UFC White House win.<\/p>\n He now holds the record for the most Fight of the Night bonuses, with 11, in UFC history.<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Tsarukyan has been patiently waiting on the sidelines for a shot at the UFC lightweight titleCredit: Getty<\/p>\n If Gaethje decides to carry on and defend his new belt, his most likely next opponent is No. 2-ranked lightweight Arman Tsarukyan<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tsarukyan has already made it clear he was told he would fight the winner of Topuria vs Gaethje.<\/p>\n Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n And Gaethje has already expressed his unwillingness to instantly rematch Topuria, as, in his own words, he ‘made him quit.’<\/p>\n Furthermore, Conor McGregor<\/a>, who returns to the UFC on July 11<\/a>, said on The Ariel Helwani Show this week that he fancies his chances against Gaethje, should he get past Max Holloway<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje has said there’s a ‘very small chance’ he considers fighting again this year, let alone accepting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,8944,358590,358591,358589,358592,785,85,787,30032],"class_list":["post-745203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-justin-gaethje","tag-justin-gaethje-next-fight","tag-justin-gaethje-retire","tag-justin-gaethje-ufc","tag-justin-gaethje-vs-ilia-topuria","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745203","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=745203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HB-TS-OP-TOPURIA-GAETHJE.jpg\")
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