The 36-year-old hasn’t fought since Max Holloway took that belt from him with a last-gasp faceplant KO at UFC 300 in April 2024. All these years later, Gaethje still considers Nurmagomedov the best ...

Justin Gaethje says Islam Makhachev is his dream fight as he believes he matches up well with the lightweight champion.

MMA is a sport defined by its intensity, where fighters rely on a blend of technique, strategy, and raw aggression to ...

Ferguson's 12-fight win streak ended at the hands of replacement opponent Justin Gaethje, who TKO'd him to capture the interim UFC lightweight title that was at stake at UFC 249 in May 2020.

The UFC announced the main event and co-main event of UFC 313 over the weekend. In the headlining bout, UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira faces the No. 1 ranked contender Magomed Ankalaev.

He believed only a lucky punch—like the ones people hoped for against Conor, Poirier, and Gaethje—could have changed the outcome. With Ferguson’s wild style and Khabib’s dominant wrestling ...

Justin Gaethje stepped in to replace him against Ferguson, who got battered for five rounds in the first loss of his ongoing streak at UFC 249 in May 2020. Lee hasn’t fared much better than ...

But his loss against Justin Gaethje at UFC 249 marked a pivotal point in his career. Ferguson hasn't looked like his usual self since this loss. This loss also marked the beginning of Ferguson's ...

Between this and rumors of a fight with Top 10 contender Michael Chandler, Pimblett has been poised for a massive fight after breaking into the lightweight rankings. Unfortunately for Paddy "The Baddy ...

and Justin Gaethje in May 2020. Quite honestly, there was nowhere else to go with Ferguson in the UFC. Guida, 43, was in a similar position. He is on a three-fight losing streak, and many were sur ...