“I know he’ll hate it, so I’ll love it,” Justin Gaethje loves idea of Dustin Poirier’s teammate Jorge Masvidal wrapping BMF belt around him at UFC 291

Justin Gaethje has another motivation in mind to defeat Dustin Poirier at UFC 291. It involves former BMF champion Jorge Masvidal.

“I know he’ll hate it, so I’ll love it,” Justin Gaethje loves idea of Dustin Poirier’s teammate Jorge Masvidal wrapping BMF belt around him at UFC 291

Justin Gaethje and Jorge Masvidal (Image Courtesy - Sporting News/MMA Junkie)

Former BMF champion Jorge Masvidal will attend UFC 291 in Salt Lake City. He will wrap the BMF belt around the winner’s waste at the PPV. Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje will compete at UFC 291 to become the next BMF title holder in the company after Jorge Masvidal. Gaethje and Poirier fought before in 2018, with Poirier winning the bout via TKO. Gaethje has set his eyes on payback, but the payback comes in two ways.

Justin Gaethje wants to defeat Poirier to avenge his loss and also to receive the belt from Jorge Masvidal upon winning the fight. For those who do not know, Poirier and Masvidal are teammates at American Top Team, and a win for Gaethje could spoil the night of ATT. Gaethje said, “I know he’ll hate it, so I’ll love it that much more,” when asked about Masvidal potentially wrapping up the belt.

All throughout the fight week, Masvidal has spoken about his confidence in Poirier. He even mentioned that Dustin had new tricks up his sleeve ahead of his fight at UFC 291. The first fight between Poirier and Gaethje had an entertaining back-and-forth action. Poirier used his effective boxing to gain momentum, whereas Gaethje used leg kicks to hurt Poirier. However, the brawler style of Gaethje became his tragic flaw as Poirier was the better technical striker.

Poirier used his crisp boxing to severely hurt Gaethje and get the victory in the fourth round. Five years later, Gaethje has completely evolved as a fighter. He no longer brawls like he used to at the beginning of his UFC career. However, Poirier remains one of the best boxers in the UFC. Hence, Gaethje must improve to defeat Dustin in a stand-up bout at UFC 291.

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Justin Gaethje had beef with Jorge Masvidal in the past

Justin Gaethje
Justin Gaethje (Image Courtesy – The US Sun)

Jorge Masvidal is a teammate of Dustin Poirier, and Kamaru Usman is a teammate of Justin Gaethje. Though Gaethje and Masvidal have never fought each other, they have competed against each other’s teammates.

When Masvidal fought Usman, Gaethje went scorched earth on the former BMF champion. He hoped that Usman would knock out Masvidal ahead of their bout. After Usman knocked out Masvidal at UFC 261, Gaethje accused Masvidal of trying to cheat between the rounds.

Gaethje felt that Masvidal watered himself to help him defend the takedown better. Despite the talk from Gaethje, Masvidal did not respond to the former interim champion. However, they will come face to face if Gaethje defeats Poirier at UFC 291 for the BMF title. The UFC has brought Masvidal to wrap the BMF title around the winner’s waist.

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