Former interim light-weight champion, Justin Gaethje could also be preoccupied with a barnburner towards the surging, Dan Hooker at UFC 313 over the course of 5 rounds, nonetheless, the veteran finisher nonetheless plans to safe his “dream” combat with present champion, Islam Makhachev as quickly as after the occasion.
Gaethje, the present quantity three ranked light-weight contender, is booked to return to motion subsequent month within the co-headliner of UFC 313 in Las Vegas, taking over the surging Kiwi striker, Hooker in a possible title-eliminator over the course of 5 rounds.
Set to function for the primary time since dropping the symbolic BMF championship final yr on the high-profile UFC 300 occasion, Gaethje would endure a hellacious fifth spherical, buzzer-beating knockout defeat to former featherweight kingpin, Max Holloway in a surefire Knockout of the 12 months award winner.
Justin Gaethje reveals plans for combat with Islam Makhachev after UFC 313
And sustaining not too long ago that if he suffers an analogous destiny sooner or later as his stoppage loss to Holloway that he would seemingly cling up his gloves, former WSOF kingpin, Gaethje nonetheless hopes to land himself a title likelihood towards pound-for-pound pacesetter, Islam Makhachev — whom he claims he matches up higher with that he did towards his coach, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“I wanna fight (Islam) Makhachev,” Justin Gaethje replied to a person on his YouTube channel who requested who his dream opponent was. “He’s the champ — and I do believe that is a better matchup for me than Khabib (Nurmagomedov) [was].”
Trying to unify the light-weight crowns towards Makhachev’s shut pal, Nurmagomedov again in 2020 in Abu Dhabi, Gaethje was stopped within the second spherical by the Russian star, who submitted him with an eventual triangle choke, earlier than calling time on his personal fight sports activities profession.
