Justin Gaethje will make sure his mum retires after his fight against Khabib at UFC 254

Justin Gaethje is bracing for biggest fight of his career as he prepares to face Khabib Nurmagomedov for UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 254. American MMA fighter is set to rake in urds of $3 million for  fight against Khabib. As a result, 31-year-old has claimed he will force his mor to retire after UFC 254, irrespective of which way fight goes.

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Justin Gaethje mor: Highlight wants his mor to retire

Justin Gaethje's mor, Carolina, is of Mexican descent. She has been working as a postmaster, a job which Gaethje revealed she has been doing for 35 years w. Meanwhile, his far, John, who is of German descent, retired last year after working as a copper miner at Morenci mine for 37 years. 

During this week's interview after UFC 254 photoshoot, 31-year-old got emotional as he hailed his parents for years of sacrifices y made for him and his siblings. Justin Gaethje has a twin bror, Marcus, who also worked at same mine that his far worked in. He has two sisters. 

"My parents have never flown international. y got to fly business class. y've never flown business class," he said. "My dad retired a little bit over a year ago - he worked 37 years in a copper mine. And my mum is going to retire after this. When this fight starts, when that bell rings at beginning n I will secure that she will retire after this fight."

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interim lightweight champion said he is happy that he is finally getting opportunity to repay everything his parents did for him, his bror and his sisters. “Every piece of money y had, went into me and my bror and my sister, giving me opportunities," he added. "We were two hours from any city. Going school-clos shopping was a vacation for us. We’d get up and go to wrestling tournaments. We had to drive two to three hours. Sometimes, we’d have to stay night. y financially took hits every single time we did that. thing is better than being able to repay that.”

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Justin Gaethje, 22-2, earned a shot at Khabib's lightweight title after he beat Tony Ferguson earlier this year to win interim belt. Arizona native scored a Round 5 TKO victory over Ferguson at UFC 249 in May 2020. In doing so, he extended his undefeated streak to four, having previously lost a fight in 2018. Meanwhile, Khabib is entering UFC 254 for his first fight in over a year. Injuries have kept Eagle out of octagon since he beat Dustin Poirier in September 2019 to retain his UFC gold. 

UFC 254 will be hosted at Flash Forum Arena at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.  main card is scheduled to start at 11:30 pm IST on Saturday, October 24.

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(Im Credits: Justin Gaethje Instagram)