Justin Gaethje Reveals Why He Didn’t Care About First Interim Title

Justin Gaethje didn’t consider himself any kind of champion despite winning the interim lightweight title in 2020.

After beating Tony Ferguson to win the interim title in 2020, Gaethje threw his belt inside the Octagon. “The Highlight” recently revealed why he didn’t consider the interim title important. Gaethje believes it would have been foolish of him to consider himself a champion with Khabib Nurmagomedov being the lightweight champ. Gaethje went on to suffer a submission loss against Nurmagomedov in their title unifier.

Gaethje (26-5) is now scheduled to fight for another interim title against Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324 on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas. Gaethje vows to beat Pimblett (23-3) and…