Justin Gaethje explains reasons for turning down Conor McGregor

After Justin Gaethje's win against Dustin Poirier, the former was given a callout from Conor McGregor. The latter put up a series of tweets saying that Michael Chandler is old news and wants to take on Dustin. Over the years, both Dustin and Conor have been at each other's crosshairs but nothing has happened so far.

During his media scrum, ‘The Highlight’ got the chance to respond. During the interaction, Geathje claimed that McGregor turned him down six times.

“I think he’s turned me down six times. And usually, you have to lose to fight him. So I don’t know what’s going on,” he told the media.

Furthermore, Gaethje explained that he doesn't want to fight someone on steroids.

“I fight MMA. I like to fight big fights, I like exciting things, so it sounds pretty exciting to me,” Gaethje admitted. “I’m not gonna fight someone on steroids. I’ve never taken steroids in my life, never will. Well, maybe when I retire, I might.

“But I’ve never taken steroids and I don’t want to fight someone that is cheating. And I probably shouldn’t even say that if I want the (McGregor) fight, but it’s the truth.”

“In the cage after the fight, I (told Poirier), ‘Hey, man. Let’s both agree to never fight each other again. Unless you have to have it, then I’m here.’ But we’re 1-1, so we’ll see.