\u201cThe Stephen A. Smith Show.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s by choice, but if I could find someone that was pleasant to be around daily then I would have a girlfriend or a wife,\u201d Gaethje said. \u201cI\u2019ve just never found somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith then asked Gaethje if he has experienced better or worse performances inside the Octagon while in past relationship.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I would say worse,\u201d Gaethje responded. \u201cNot physical, mental for sure. These girls are crazy, bro. There\u2019s all distractions, a lot of emotions, never quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gaethje is 37 years old and is a 32-fight veteran, but he still finds himself at the top of the heap at 155 pounds. It\u2019s not an easy feat given how stacked the lightweight division is, but \u201cThe Highlight\u201d has been a threat throughout his career. Gaethje has beaten the likes of Pimblett, Dustin Poirier, Michael Chandler, Tony Ferguson, Donald Cerrone, and Edson Barboza to name a few.<\/p>\n
The general consensus within the MMA community is that Gaethje will be a sizable underdog in his bout against Topuria, who many believe is the best boxer in MMA. Still, one can\u2019t rule out Gaethje given his durability, experience, and dangerous striking power. If \u201cEl Matador\u201d has trouble finding a rhythm, it could lead to an upset.<\/p>\n
What do you make of Justin Gaethje\u2019s take on relationships as a high-level athlete? Tell us in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje would rather not engage in intimate relationships for the remainder of his fighting career. Gaethje recently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-462042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}