Former interim lightweight champion, Justin Gaethje has confirmed he is currently preparing to make his return to action as soon as UFC 313 on March 8. next — claiming he is currently targeted to share the Octagon with surging New Zealand striker, Dan Hooker.
Gaethje, a former interim titleholder and symbolic BMF gold holder, has been sidelined since UFC 300 back in April of last year.
Most recently featuring on the monumental main card against former featherweight kingpin, Max Holloway, Arizona native, Gaethje would drop a highlight-reel buzzer-beating knockout loss to the Hawaiian, succumbing to strikes for just third knockout loss of his career.