"I think a lot of people in my shoes would be hesitant to take the fight with Holloway, but I don't regret a thing. I had so much fun. It was a huge, historic card for the UFC, and to be a part of it, to be a part of the best fight ever, it will stay forever. It was a big risk. I failed, but if I had won that fight, won by a quick knockout, I would have taken that fight against Makhachev. But that's the way the game is."
Recall, on April 14 at the UFC 300 anniversary event, Gaethje lost to Holloway by knockout at the last second of the fight.