Last week two massive fights were announced involving most of the top-ranked 155ers in the UFC: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson for the lightweight championship and Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone, oddly contested at 170 pounds. And with Dustin Poirier currently recovering from surgery, that leaves the last remaining top-5 lightweight out in the cold, one Justin Gaethje.
“I’m the guy waiting for the title shot,” Gaethje told The Luke Thomas Show recently when discussing his place in the lightweight title picture. “I got the winner of the fight in April, as far as I’m concerned.