'The highlight' suffered his most devastating loss last time after rolling the dice in the last seconds of the fight.
Justin Gaethje is used to packing bonuses for his performances as one of the most exciting hunters in the UFC history.
Although he still took a fight of the night bonus home on UFC 300, it was Max Holloway that the headlines stable with his KO win in Gaethje.
The former interim light weight champion will now return to UFC 313 on 8 March, where he will look to return to the win column.
Gaethje believes that he has learned an essential lesson from the Holloway loss and he doubled for the first time after viewing the battle.
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Justin Gaethje says he fought well at UFC 300, Max Holloway was just better
After talking about wanting to be aggressive in his return to the Octagon, that is a high bar for 'the highlight' to hit his reputation.
Justin Gaethje believes that in his Rematch with Rafael Fiziev in Las Vegas Fans will see a combination of his current style with the ruthless approach to his WSOF days before he signed at the UFC.
Gaethje was asked about this during his interviews with Mediadag a few days from UFC 313, where he revealed that he had recently returned his fight with Max Holloway.
He told the Mac life that, despite the way in which the fight ended, he was happy with his performance against 'blessed', but acknowledged that his opponent was just the better man in the night.
“Yes, I just think the aggressive mentality. I have just looked at the maximum fight for the first time and I think I fought very well, you know, it is just that he was so great, he fought really well that evening, but even when I go back to that guy, I am still a much more refined athlete in my skills and I think that with that aggressive style and my skills is much more refined and much more accurate. “
When Gaethje was asked why he chose to see the Holloway loss a few days before his return almost a year later, he said he “thought it was time.”
Justin Gaethje recently recently recently recovered his first fight with Rafael Fiziev
Justin Gaethje also revealed that it was only when his late notification Rematch with Rafael Fiziev was composed that he decided to pay attention to UFC 286.
In their first meeting, 'the highlight' conquered a tough start to the fight to get away with a majority decisions gain, which earned another fight of the night bonus in the process.
Gaethje said he did not do it with the intention of reading that he could wear in the rematch, and explained why he believes it would not benefit him in the Octagon.
“Yes, I watched it on the day we decided that we would fight against him. I didn't look at the fight for information, I was more just put in that mentality and that arena and I think that if I try to trust things from that fight, if things go the other way in 180, it would be harmful. I think my skills are ready, I think my preparation was fantastic, I am ready to push the pace and I think I still have to be careful with this man. “
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