Manager: Justin Gaethje Will Retire If He Doesn’t Receive UFC Title Shot Next

Manager Ali Abdelaziz has made a strong assertion while serving as an unofficial mouthpiece of UFC lightweight star Justin Gaethje.

With Islam Makhachev off to pursue championship dreams at 170 pounds, Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira will vie for the vacant lightweight belt in the UFC 317 main event on June 28. Gaethje will have a vested interested in the result of that fight, according to his manager.

“Justin Gaethje fights the winner,” Abdelaziz told Submission Radio. “He’s won three of his last four, he saved the UFC two times. They needed him, and he’s there. The guy did so much for the sport. If anyone said he doesn’t deserve it—and he said, ‘If I’m not going to fight for the title,…