Former interim lightweight champion, Justin Gaethje will likely land in the Octagon as soon as March according to his manager, Ali Abdelaziz, with the UFC favorite open to fights against the likes of surging challengers, Renato Moicano, and Dan Hooker next.
Gaethje, who retains the number three rank in the official lightweight rankings, has been sidelined since he featured on the main card of UFC 300 earlier this year, dropping his symbolic BMF championship in a spectacular fifth round, buzzer-beating knockout loss to incoming UFC 308 title challenger, Max Holloway.
In his most recent win, Arizona native, Gaethje would scoop said BMF gold holder in the summer of last year, taking out fellow former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier with a hellacious second round high-kick in the pair’s high-stakes rematch fight.