Renato Carneiro vill möta Justin Gaethje härnäst

Den brasilianske lättviktaren i UFC Renato Carneiro har ställt in siktet på Justin Gaethje. Carneiro önskar se sig själv gå en kamp med den högrankade amerikanen. Enligt Carneiro, skulle en vinst över Gaethje ta honom betydligt närmre en titelutmaning i divisionen.

Renato Carneiro vs. Justin Gaethje?

UFC:s Renato “Money Moicano” Carneiro (20-5-1) har öppnat upp för en kamp mot Justin ”The Highlight” Gaethje (25-5). Carneiro har tidigare uttryckt ett missnöje över sin placering i lättviktsdivisionens rankning och ser Gaethje som ett utmärkt alternativ för att klättra uppåt.

Ett stort namn

I en intervju nyligen talade Renato Carneiro om sina framtidsplaner för UFC. Han berättar att han kan tänka sig möta en handfull av fajters i sin nästa match. Ett namn som dock sticker ut tillhör Justin Gaethje, som Carneiro kan se sig möta i antingen december eller januari månad.

Now, the best thing is that you don’t need to rely on nobody. Sometimes to get a title fight, you need big names like Gaethje or somebody who has fought for the title but right now, you just have to keep winning.

It doesn’t matter who you fight now, it could be Paddy Pimblett, it could be Dan Hooker, it could be Justin Gaethje, it doesn’t matter. One more win, two more wins, doesn’t matter. You’re going to fight for the title because now people start to recognize you.

To be completely honest with you, Paddy Pimblett is a good fight because he is famous but I would rather fight with him if we do The Ultimate Fighter because that’s going to be funny and a lot of exposure. Other than that, for just a fight I would rather face Justin Gaethje because I think Dan Hooker is not going to get the fight you know.

He had the opportunity now to say let’s fight but he’s saying that I dodged him in Perth; that’s not true, they didn’t offer me that fight. Let’s make the fight for December, I’m telling you that I’m ready for December, or January. It doesn’t matter but if Dan Hooker doesn’t want that fight, let’s go with Justin Gaethje.

Chael Sonnen gillar matchningen

Även MMA-veteranen och medieprofilen ”Uncle” Chael Sonnen gillar förslaget. Han ser Gaethje som den naturliga nästa motståndare till Carneiro.

Moicano’s next fight is Justin Gaethje. Now, that is exactly what my response would be. For me, that’s like glaringly obvious. If you got over on Dustin Poirier, you could then do anything. Fight for titles, main events, there’d be no argument that you couldn’t fit nicely into.

And Justin Gaethje brings those same accolades, but there’s one difference, which is you don’t have to be as careful with the bookings of Gaethje because he is not in a situation where he’s saying my next one is my final one.