“Those assessments were of a younger man”- Justin Gaethje digs deeper into his comments about Charles Oliveira’s ‘quitter’ mentality

Charles Oliveira is scheduled to make his second title defense against one of the most lethal fighters in the world. Oliveira will fight Justin Gaethje at the main event of UFC 274. “Do Bronx” has been untouchable in the last few fights and has not shown any signs of weakness in terms of coming back from a tough spot.

He won his title against Michael Chandler and defended it against Dustin Poirier in his last fight. Gaethje was critical of Oliveira’s heart, and he accused him of being a ‘quitter’ because of some of his previous losses. Charles showed incredible resilience in his last two fights, and Gaethje’s perspective about the champ changed for good.

Gaethje earned his shot by going on an absolute war against Michael Chandler. He is more focused than ever, and he is looking to make the most out of his second title shot. Gaethje knows Oliveira is better than him on the ground, and that’s why he is working on his stand-up skills, and he wants to stop him in his tracks before the fight hits the ground.

“Once you make it, you can make it again”- Justin Gaethje plans on taking Charles Oliveira to the deep waters in their title fight at UFC 274

Now that the event is right around the corner, Justin sat down with Megan Olivi from ESPN, and he discussed his comments about the champ, he said, “I wasn’t being overly critical, I wasn’t saying he was a bad champion, I was saying that in the times that he’s lost, he didn’t even get knocked out, he quit sometimes.”

He added, “The choice to quit is something one makes, and once you make it, you can make it again, because you know that it’s there. I don’t believe I’ve ever made that choice. Some people haven’t and I believe some people have… I believe that he has, and that’s all I was saying. I believe, deep down, he knows his way out, and that’s to quit whenever he gets hit too many times too hard.”

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“All those assessments were of a younger man. He’s [32] years old, he’s a man now, with confidence. A man with confidence is a dangerous man and he’s not the same man that I was referencing,” Gaethje concluded.

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