Justin Gaethje appears to be training hard — perhaps a little to hard — in preparation for his highly anticipated lightweight title unification bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov later this year.
‘The Highlight’ revealed on social media on Tuesday that he suffered a nasty cut during wrestling practice and will require stitches (h/t BT Sports’ Chamatkar Sadhu).
“Going to need a few stitches today. Caught an accidental headbutt during wrestling today,” Gaethje posted.
Gaethje captured the interim UFC lightweight title after disposing of Tony Ferguson via fifth-round TKO in the UFC 249 main event last month and will likely challenge official lightweight champ Nurmagomedov at UFC 253 on September 19, according to UFC president Dana White.