Content Provided by: Dan Bonnell mass-mma.com “Nick Newell has almost never fought anyone with any kind of grappling skills. So I don’t know what he’s going to do when he can’t take me down.He can’t stop a right hand or a right head kick,” Gaethje said. “That’s what I’m going to throw, over and over.”…
By Steven Marrocco WSOF lightweight champ Justin Gaethje isn’t cocky enough to say there’s absolutely no way he can be submitted by Nick Newell, but he certainly doesn’t think it’s likely. “I’m a Division I All-American – he’s not going to grab my neck and choke me out,” Gaethje told MMAjunkie Radio. “He could…
By Frank Curreri Champ Credits Punching Power to Copper Miner and Mexican Roots To put Justin Gaethje’s iron fists and thrilling blitzkrieg style into their proper – and stunning – historical perspective, let’s play a brief game of trivia. Off the top of your head, name some amateur wrestlers who transitioned to MMA and…
All Content provided by: By Patrick Wyman @Patrick_Wyman on Feb 5 2014, 1:00p 3) Justin Gaethje, Lightweight (11-0) Age: 25 Camp: Grudge Years Pro: 2.5 A Division 1 All-American at 157 pounds during his tenure at Northern Colorado, Justin Gaethje complements the wrestling skills you’d expect from a decorated and highly athletic collegian…
Not since Western Europe in 1939 have we seen such explosions preceding a genuine Blitzkrieg like the one we saw Saturday night, here in Florida. Tyler Stinson exploded at the end of the second round and the beginning of the third to knock out a stocky and able Valdir Araujo 14-5 and raise his…
Content Provided by Chuck Mindenhall MMAFighting.com Justin Gaethje is quickly becoming something to behold. It wasn’t just that he handled his lightweight title bout against Richard Patishnock like a man with a strict curfew, it was the grace under fire. It was the general alacrity to inflict pain, swiftly and without nonsense. It’s his…
All Content Provided by MMA Mania and writer Michael Stets Heading into a title fight, your opponent usually doesn’t change three times, but that is something World Series of Fighting (WSOF) lightweight standout Justin Gaethje had to deal with. Gesias Cavalcante was up first, then Lewis Gonzalez and now Richard Patishnock will be the…
Team Grudge is opening the New Year with a Bang. January features Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje’s Lightweight title bout on January 18th live on NBC Sports. On the same Card Grudge Fighter Tyler “The Evolution” Stinson a.k.a “Hippie Samuri” will be making his World Series of Fighting debut. Out of the four fights airing live…
