Newly crowned interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje answered Conor McGregor's recent out-of-the-Octagon jab with one of his own on Friday.
McGregor (22-4) brashly boasted that he would "butcher" Gaethje (22-2) on Monday. He also guaranteed that he would be Gaethje's next opponent.
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