And then there’s Justin Gaethje. 

Whether he’s going airborn for a Rolling Thunder kick or taking an obscene amount of punishment just to give it right back to his opponent, “The Highlight” is as reliable as they come.

It’s part of the reason why he’s preparing to headline his fourth card in just his fifth UFC fight with the chance to launch himself up the gauntlet that is the lightweight division. In his last fight, the main event at Fight Night Lincoln, he put James Vick to sleep in the first round – a victory made even more satisfying by the trash talk the two shared leading up to the fight. 

His next opponent, Edson Barboza, isn’t giving Gaethje nearly as much bulletin board material, which is less than ideal.

“I’d rather him talk s***,” Gaethje said. “I definitely would rather beat someone up that I don’t like, but hey, I’m a fan of Edson, but on Saturday night, he’s trying to take everything I’ve ever walked for, so I’m here to beat whoop his ass.”

Between Gaethje and Barboza, it wouldn’t be shocking if the only reason either fighter ended up on their back was because of a knockout blow, but that’s really where the similarities end. Barboza possesses some of the most beautiful and devastating techniques in the entire world. Gaethje, with good technique in his own right, almost always finds himself in a brawl, which has granted him three Fight of the Night bonuses in four fights. 

For this fight, Gaethje is well-aware that giving Barboza distance is as good of an idea as putting his hands down.

“I got to go in there and make it ugly,” he said. “I don’t think he wants an ugly fight. He likes pretty fights, so I got to make sure that it’s not that. Definitely don’t (want to) hang out at range like (Dan) Hooker or some of those other guys. The guys that have beat him, have beat him with pressure, and I’m going to go in there and use my pressure and try to capitalize on the moments that I can.”

UFC.com talked to Gaethje about his thoughts as he gets closer to fight night, what he thinks of the matchup and if the feeling of walking to the Octagon ever gets old.
 

UFC: As you inch closer to your fight, what are those feelings like?

Justin Gaethje: Fight week is always something special. Each and every one brings a little bit different experiences. I’m excited to be here in Philadelphia and put on a show on Saturday.

UFC: You’re both polished and dangerous strikers. What do you think of that matchup?

JG: He’s extremely dangerous. I got to go in there, and I got to be on point. I can’t make mistakes. I can’t take breaks. I definitely can’t take breaks at range. Kinda go in there, make it an ugly fight per usual, so that won’t be a problem. For Edson to be successful and, get his kicks off, he needs space. He doesn’t like people pressuring him. I got one of the best pressure-style fighting styles in the game, so I’m going to use it. 

UFC: Obviously, you want to compete against the top of this division. What do you think you have to prove in this fight, or is a win all that you need to worry about?

JG: In a month from now, only thing that matters is that I won especially when it comes to getting my next fight. Winning is very important, so I definitely am focused on that. I have to be strategic for five 5-minute rounds. That’s 25 minutes, so I cannot take breaks, I cannot make mistakes. 

UFC: Another main event fight for you. Have you gotten used to that walk to the Octagon, or do you still take it all in as you head to the cage?

JG: I love it. I’ve been thinking and dreaming about it for the last 10 weeks. There’s nothing that compares to it, and it’s kind of ruined other aspects of my life because that energy is something that can’t be matched. You can tell me I won $10,000 or $20,000 on the slot machine. I’m not going to be as excited as I will walking to the cage in that arena, in Philadelphia. I know the energy is going to be out of the roof, so yeah, I’m excited for it.

Zac Pacleb is a writer and producer for UFC.com. You can follow him on Twitter @ZacPacleb.

He’s not uncomfortable in this role. In fact, he’s come to embrace it during his time in the UFC. So what role does experience play for a 38-fight veteran against an opponent with just 18 pro bouts?

“It’s gotta help,” laughs Meerschaert. “You do anything twice as long as the other guy, if nothing else, you’re gonna know a few more tricks, so I think it definitely plays to my advantage.

“That being said, there are guys that are natural fighters, natural performers and they just take to it a little bit easier than others, so in some instances that can somewhat negate the experience, but at this point, I’ve trained with some of the best in the world, I fought everybody I could possibly fight on my way up to the UFC, so there’s not gonna be too many things that I haven’t seen inside the Octagon,” he continues. “And when it’s all said and done, the gloves are still four ounces, it’s still a cage, and it’s still just me, him and a referee, so it’s not gonna be a big shock for me at this point.”
 

What would have been shocking is if Meerschaert wasn’t here at this point in his career, but there was the danger of that reality back in late 2015, when the Wisconsin native, then 22-8, had seemingly done everything in his power to get a call to the big show, but the phone wasn’t ringing.
 
“I was kind of in a weird spot because I knew I had the skill set to do it, I knew I was tough enough to do it, but I tried to be very, very honest with myself and where I was at in my career,” he said. “And I do understand that there are reasons other than just your skill set that get you into the UFC. They want young up and comers and they want guys with clean-looking records, so to speak, and I get it, I understand it. I had a lot of experience, I didn’t fight as an amateur, ever, and I crushed some cans in my day, but I’ve also fought guys that were really tough and tougher than at the point that I was at in my career at certain times. So I knew it would take the right fights and it was gonna take me a little bit longer to get in.”

Meerschaert wasn’t exactly thrilled at that prospect, but he did accept it. But then the problem was that he couldn’t find opponents, as he was too much risk for too little reward.

“I had too many fights and I was too dangerous for prospects they want to build up and I just didn’t have the right exposure to get in the big show,” he said. “I didn’t have a big push behind me or a place to come with a previous skill set – I wasn’t a college football player, I wasn’t a college wrestler. I didn’t have a name behind me already. So knowing I’d have to fight a little bit harder to get in there kept me motivated.”

Knowing that he hadn’t hit his physical or technical ceiling didn’t hurt, either, and it was another reason to keep the faith.
 

“I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t frustrating sometimes, but the thing that always kept me going was knowing I was getting better,” said Meerschaert. “If I knew my skills were improving and I was still getting better, then it was worth it, because I hadn’t had my shot.”

Yet despite a three-fight winning streak under his belt, with no phone ringing and the big 3-0 closing in, Meerschaert began thinking of Plan B.

“There was a part of me in the back of my mind that was really starting to think that if I don’t get my shot soon, I’m gonna have to start thinking about doing something else because you can only do it for so long before it’s about time to start a family and move on with life.”

Then the phone rang. It wasn’t the UFC, but after a year on the sidelines, he was ready for anything, and he took a fight with the Valor Fights promotion in August 2016. He took just 82 seconds to submit unbeaten prospect Sidney Wheeler, and two months later he made similarly short work of 9-1 Chase Waldon in the RFA, and then he waited.

“To get my shot, I figured I’d have to take a short-notice fight, which I did in Albany, and I took it full force,” said Meerschaert. “I knew this is what I had to do to get in there and show everybody I was worth it.”
 

That short-notice call in Albany in December 2016 put Meerschaert across the Octagon from 7-1 prospect (are you noticing a theme here?) Joe Gigliotti. “GM3” ended Gigliotti’s night in a little over four minutes, earning a Performance of the Night bonus in the process. Gerald Meerschaert was a UFC fighter, and he hasn’t looked back.

As he enters Saturday’s meeting with Holland, the 31-year-old Roufusport product is 4-2 in the Octagon with all four wins ending before the final horn. He’s had setbacks against Thiago Santos and Jack Hermansson, but he’s not beating himself up over those defeats. He’s bounced back before and he plans on doing it again.

“My last one (against Hermansson) is a fight that I still feel was very winnable and I feel like the blame for that, so to speak, is entirely on me,” he said. “I showed up on fight night and I didn’t have it. It was a bad day at the office. It could be a million different things, but I was flat, I didn’t have it that night and I could feel it slipping away from me. I gave what I had, but coming off a fight like that, I can’t really be calling anybody out.”

So all he did was answer the phone. March 30. Philadelphia. Kevin Holland. The plan is simple.

“I’ve pretty much just gotta win fights.“

Gaethje didn’t get his wish then, but on Saturday, he gets Barboza in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Philadelphia.

“I don’t know if I’ve got a few screws loose or what,” laughs Gaethje. “When I came to the UFC, I was hoping Edson was going to be my first fight because he was the scariest dude. And people don’t want to fight me right now, so I kind of had the same problem he does.” 
 

And Gaethje was more than willing to help his fellow lightweight contender out. But while Armageddon in short pants is expected this weekend, Gaethje plans on turning the tables and making it a painful night for Barboza.

“The guy is the best in the world for one round and, after that, the fact of the matter is that he’s a quitter and I make people quit,” he said. “I’m gonna take him into deep waters and he’s gonna come to a point where it’s not gonna be worth taking the damage because he has a family to go home to. I don’t have that. I go in there with the mindset that I don’t care if I go home tomorrow, and he can’t do that anymore. So I’m gonna go in there, put him in a bad spot and hopefully he folds.”

Those are hard words from a hard man in a hard sport. This isn’t like other sports, and no one embraces that reality more than Gaethje, who fights as if his life depends on it every time. That’s endeared him to fans around the world, but his attitude has to be a concern to family and friends, right?

“All those people have been around me my whole life, so when I say those things, I don’t mean it literally,” Gaethje explains. “I’m a realist, I’m educated on what can happen every single time that I step in there. These are all things you don’t want to talk about, but they’re there every single time that we step in there and if you want to be a fool and act like it’s not possible, then you’re just a fool. So my family knows that it’s something I understand whenever I step in there and I make the choice to go in there and give it my all.”

The reasons are simple – to win the fight and win the crowd. Nineteen times, he’s done both, and even in the lone two defeats of his career to Eddie Alvarez and Dustin Poirier, he and his foes easily won the crowd. It’s a gift. To everyone watching.

“There’s nothing like being recognized for hard work,” Gaethje said. “People recognize effort and I think that a lot of that just comes from people realizing and understanding and respecting how much effort I put into the fight whenever I step in there, my willingness to take chances to finish somebody, and my willingness to take chances to have an exciting fight. I don’t go in there and say I’m gonna take these chances just so I can have an exciting fight. The fights that I fight, it’s who I am. It’s always been who I am, it’s something that’s a little hard to control, but I love the adrenalin, I love the chaos and I love giving people their money’s worth. So every time you watch me fight, you get your adrenalin shot. People go to fights to get their adrenalin shot and that’s what I give them. They’re ready for bed after that.”
 

But many thought that after punishing fights with Alvarez and Poirier that the 30-year-old had gone to the well too many times, that he was a shooting star built to thrill for a short period of time then walk away. That wasn’t Gaethje’s plan for his career, though, so he had to sit down with longtime coach Trevor Wittman and figure out a new way to do things. 

“I was 18-0, then I fought Eddie and my style that I was fighting worked really well,” said Gaethje. “I broke him with leg kicks and he just landed that lucky shot. So I couldn’t fix what’s not broken. Then the same thing happens with Poirier, and as much as I felt like I was winning those fights and I was in there and implementing my game plan, I’m fighting the best of the best in the world, and not being able to stay focused for one minute out of 25 will kill you, and that’s what I really needed to be focused on. I wouldn’t say I have serious ADD, but if ADD is a thing, I got it and 25 minutes is a really long time, especially in that setting, so my ability to stay focused and not get distracted or become too comfortable is something I’ve really had to work on, but it comes with the job and you have to do it when you’re fighting the best in the world.”
 

Against James Vick last August, the old Gaethje and the new Gaethje combined to deliver one of his most impressive efforts to date. It didn’t add to his laundry list of Fight of the Year candidates, but it did garner him a Performance of the Night bonus and gave him a new lease on his career.

“I really focused on it in my last fight and I believe that I achieved something different,” he said. “Usually I go in there to create chaos, and my plan was to go in there and control the chaos – still create it, but control it more. And I think I found success. I had a much different experience in the last fight than I usually do as far as my ability to retain things and my ability to focus on certain things to end the fight and I enjoyed it, so I’m excited to go back in there and do it again.”

And as always, we’ll be watching and Gaethje will be swinging. It’s just what he does.

“I started at four years old and once you start something, you either want to follow it through or you choose something that’s easier,” he said. “And I fell in love with the challenge that wrestling brings, and I found the same challenge in fighting. When I grow older, these will always be the good ol’ days for me. Fighting Edson Barboza, fighting Eddie Alvarez, fighting Dustin Poirier. Fighting the best guys in the world, these are stories that I will want to tell the rest of my life. That’s why I make the sacrifice and that’s why I think it’s worth it.”

“She’s one of my idols,” she said. “For me, this is a big honor that I can fight with her. She is a great person and a great fighter. She has perfect standup, perfect ground game, very good wrestling, but I am a good striker too.”

Coming off a first-round loss to Jessica Andrade, the “Polish Princess” has a chance to get back on track against the surging Waterson, even if she is someone that she holds to a high regard.

“I admire Michelle,” Kowalkiewicz said. “I like her very much, and I don’t want to hurt her, but I have to, but I know when I’m in the Octagon, something changes. After the fight, no matter who wins, I’ll drink a beer with her.”

Before that beer, though, Kowalkiewicz is confident she’ll be able to flip the switch and take care of business in Philadelphia.

UFC.com talked to Kowalkiewicz about how Philadelphia reminds her of her hometown in Poland, her sense of urgency coming into this bout and what her perfect fight looks like for her.

UFC: Coming off a loss, is there a sense of urgency for you to get a win, or are you a fighter that doesn’t think about things in that way?

KK: My last fight is in the past, and I cannot change the past, so I am focused on this fight. I’ll win this fight. You will see.

UFC: How do you flip that switch and get into that zone?

KK: I don’t know. I love MMA. I love fighting, so I’m very focused and very calm and very happy in the Octagon. Just like that.

UFC: Before you go grab your beer with Michelle, what does your perfect fight night look like?

KK: My perfect fight night scenario? Knockout in the first minute.

Zac Pacleb is a writer and producer for UFC.com. You can follow him on Twitter @ZacPacleb.

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In any sport, a mixture of confidence and humility often makes or breaks the mental toughness in an athlete. By knowing they’re one of the best in the world at what they do, complacency inevitably starts to creep into their psyche. On the flip side, constantly searching for areas to improve can also lead to hesitancy and a lack of confidence.

For fighters, having any doubt in their skills isn’t really an option when the person across from them wants to do damage, so finding that balance is critical.

Because of her background, Michelle Waterson realized that while she was good at finding areas for improvement, she wasn’t allowing herself to know she was great in other areas.

“I think just coming from a martial arts background and coming from and being a daughter of a military man and an Asian mom, everything is very structured,” she said. “Everybody has their place and you kind of have to like stay in your lane and be in your place.”

With the help of a sports psychologist, Waterson started to give herself some credit. She said they talk about athletes like Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali and even light heavyweight champion Jon Jones knowing they had areas to work on while still at the pinnacle of their career.

“You can be at your greatest, but you will always have things to work on,” Waterson said. “There’s no reason to hold yourself back from that greatness, and that’s just something that I’ve really taken in and embraced.”

Heading into Philadelphia to face Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Waterson is riding a two-fight winning streak. With a win over Kowalkiewicz, she could launch herself even closer to the top of the strawweight division.

UFC.com talked to Waterson about what it was like having the ESPN camera crews following her, what she thinks about her fight and when she realized her life was a little different than a normal fighter’s everyday life.

UFC: What was it like having the ESPN crew spotlighting what’s become normal to you?

Michelle Waterson: I used to get frazzled when the cameras would come around, but I’ve come to a place in my life where I’m just comfortable with who I am and OK with letting people into my life because, yes, it is crazy, and it is chaotic, but that is my life, and I think it’s important to show people the reality of a fighter/mom/wife. I hope when people get to see the doc or any short clips, that they understand life isn’t perfect, and it doesn’t have to be. What’s important is that you continue to move forward and take steps toward your goals.

UFC: At what point did you realize your life was unique among your peers?

MW: I just think that I have less downtime. The recovery, for me, is the most important, and I feel like that is the biggest, the hardest thing to squeeze in as the busier I get as a mother and a wife, so with some other fighters, I notice that they have some more downtime to recover, to do more recreational things, but for me, when I get home, it’s homework and dinner and laundry and dishes, so there’s less time for recovery. But thankfully, I have a husband that is awesome, and he kind of takes a huge load off of me during fight camp.

UFC: You’ve strung together a couple good wins. What’s been working for you in your last couple fights?

MW: Yeah, stringing together a couple wins and knowing that I’m getting closer to my goal for fighting for the belt is my motivation and something that drives me to train every day and get better every day, so I’m really, deeply confident in this fight, in myself and in all my skills and abilities. I just feel like what has changed is my mentality as a martial artist and the understanding that it’s OK to feel great and to know the greatness within yourself while still continuing to learn.

UFC: Speaking about your opponent, what do you think of the matchup as a whole?

MW: I’m really excited to fight Karolina. She is ranked top-5 in the division. I think that’s going to get my closer to fighting for the belt. Out of all the girls in the division, she’s one of the more well-rounded girls, and I’m excited to fight her. I think she’s a good pressure fighter whose ground is underrated, and I’m excited to explore all those avenues with her come fight night, and I know that I can still a step ahead of her the entire fight.

Zac Pacleb is a writer and producer for UFC.com. You can follow him on Twitter @ZacPacleb.

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The fight served as an opportunity for Branch to build on a huge win over Thiago Santos, and competing in front of a home audience in the UFC was a dream come true for him. 

Sadly, things went sideways on Branch just after the second round got underway. Just 39 seconds into the round, Branch was down and out while Cannonier was celebrating a statement victory over a top 10-ranked opponent in his debut at middleweight. 

In the aftermath of that fight, Branch didn’t try to put the loss behind him or forget about what led to his downfall. Instead, he embraced it by taking the gloves he wore that night and keeping them with him as a constant reminder why he came up short.  
 

“It reminded me when I went into that fight with Jared Cannonier, I wasn’t really excited to fight that man and when I went out there I wasn’t myself,” Branch explained. “He beat me that night and I’ve got no excuses. I did what I needed to do and I picked myself up off my ass and I got back to the gym to prepare and here I am. 

“But what it did was, it reminded me that I’m not there to defend anything. I put a lot of pressure on myself coming into this game and doing the things I’ve done in this sport. I put a lot of pressure on myself and I forgot what it’s like to just go out there and be hungry.”

He may not have held a title going into that fight but in many ways Branch still felt like he was defending his position in the division rather than focusing on actually beating Cannonier.

Meanwhile, his opponent had a voracious attitude towards establishing himself at 185 pounds by defeating a top 10-ranked fighter in his debut. 

Coming to that realization after the fact allowed Branch to see where he was coming up short while Cannonier was surging ahead of him. 

“I’ve been in a position of defending. Defending a rank, defending all of these things that people can easily take away from you that don’t really mean anything at the end of the day,” Branch said. “It reminded me to be hungry. It reminded me to be that person that Jared Cannonier was that night and that’s the person that allowed me to accomplish those different accolades that I’ve been able to accomplish. 

“Not just focus on being sore because I don’t have the opportunity to move up [the rankings]. The person that’s put in front of me, that’s who I need to be excited and aroused to fight.”
 

In preparation for his co-main event fight this weekend at UFC Fight Night from Philadelphia, Branch got back to his roots by turning over his training to a set of coaches who truly understand the sport and have his best interests at heart.

He also began training and sparring with more and more world-class fighters such as current top 10 ranked light heavyweight Corey Anderson and middleweight prospect Karl Roberson.

It was all done with the intention of forcing Branch out of his comfort zone to help remind him about the grind and hard work that it took to get to the UFC in the first place. 

“Just a bunch of different people who are real tough kids to deal with and I think that’s been really good pushing me into this,” Branch said. 

“This is something I’ve been avoiding in the past and just trying to do my own training and doing more boxing training. I just focused more on MMA training specifics for this fight because I am an MMA fighter, so that’s what I’ve been doing for this fight.”
 

According to Branch, the results have been nothing short of amazing.

Now, as he prepares to step back into the Octagon on Saturday night, he’s not thinking about where a win will put him in the division. He’s not contemplating what comes next before he even has a chance to finish what’s right in front of him.

He’s not thinking title shots or what it will take to get back into contention.

Branch is only worried about one thing, and that’s beating Jack Hermannson. 

“It’s the same hunger that I used when I fought [Thiago] Santos. It’s just that mentality. It’s about wanting it and not just defending what you have and expecting people to lay down for you because you accomplished certain things in this sport,” Branch said. “That’s where I was that night. I was expecting my opponent to be intimidated of certain things and for me to be able to go in there and get it done. 

“It doesn’t work like that with any athletes in the UFC. You’ve got to go in there and dig into your soul and you have to be willing to do those things. You have to be willing to bleed, hurt, go through difficulties, suffocation, points of complete exhaustion and then you have to push through. If you don’t embrace those things, this is not the sport for you.”

Ahead of the battle this weekend, Branch has only one thing on his mind and that’s getting the job done against Hermansson. He’s not going to make any crazy predictions or try to disrespect his opponent just to get attention.

Branch just wants to perform at his absolute best and the results will speak for themselves.

“I’m ready to go out and get that ‘W.’ I’m ready to go out and be that fighter [that I used to be] when I took my time out there and let it happen,” Branch said. “Not going out there rushing, trying to bum fight somebody. That’s not what it’s about. I’m going use my intelligence. I’m going to use my skill and savvy and use all my veteran experience and I’m going to go out there to get the job done. 

“I’m not going to focus on the win right now. I’m going to focus on the tasks and the things I need to do during the fight. The win will manifest itself.”

And as far as those gloves that served as the ultimate reminder for what went wrong the last time? 

“They are coming with me to Philadelphia,” Branch said emphatically. 
 

Obviously, he cares about winning his fights.

But as far as thinking about how his opponent, Josh Emmett, is fighting for the first time in more than a year and is coming off an injury, he doesn’t care.

“It really doesn’t matter to me,” Johnson said. “None of it matters. Josh Emmett, he’s a great competitor. He’s a good fighter. Comes from a great gym, but at the same time, me personally – you could say it sounds selfish – it’s all about Michael Johnson.”

“The Menace” is looking to improve to 3-1 since moving to featherweight to start 2018. After losing to Darren Elkins, Johnson racked up two wins in two months over Andre Fili and Artem Lobov, respectively. In preparation for his upcoming fight in Philadelphia, Johnson expects his opponent to start the fight a little cagey.

“I expect him to be a little shaky because that was a bad knockout,” he said. “You see it, a majority of guys don’t come back from knockouts like that, so I’m excited to see what he’s got in store for us.”

UFC.com caught up with Johnson to talk about his feelings on the fight, how he balances his business ventures with his UFC career and how he is taking to the featherweight division.

UFC: Coming off your last fight, a short-notice win, how do you feel heading into this fight?

Michael Johnson: I feel good. I feel great. Still, again, a short-notice fight. This really wasn’t a full camp at all. I’ve been extremely busy training, traveling, doing business, but I’ll always find time to train, always find time to get in the work I need to, and for the short camp it’s been, it’s been incredible, and I’m excited to get in there.

UFC: How do you go about balancing training and also all the other ventures you have outside of the Octagon?

MJ: It’s the same. If I’m traveling, I’m always going to have places to train, to set up, to always get in my weights, my nutrition, whatever I need to do, and I think that’s important an important aspect of this game, especially growing into fighters and athletes and semi-celebrities, if we get busy, you have to be able to adapt and do your things on the road.

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UFC: This will be your fourth fight at featherweight, are you used to what it takes to fight at 145-lbs.?

MJ: I feel good. I’m definitely, going into the weights, I’m getting the weight down a lot easier now. I’m hydrating a lot better, so I really feel good, and (1)45 is going to be a home for me for a little bit, at least until I get to the title.

UFC: Is there anything in particular you’re eager to show off in this fight?

MJ: No, nothing new. Nothing special. I’m not going to beat around the bush. I’m the same fighter when I step up to that cage every single time. I’m going to fight. I’m going to move. I’m going to throw fast punches, great takedown defense. There’s nothing I need to change or learn new to my game. These guys know what I’m going to do, and it’s up to them to come beat it.

Zac Pacleb is a writer and producer for UFC.com. You can follow him on Twitter @ZacPacleb.