Former interim light-weight champion, Justin Gaethje has confirmed he’s at the moment getting ready to make his return to motion as quickly as UFC 313 on March 8. subsequent — claiming he’s at the moment focused 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 again in April of final yr.
Most not too long ago that includes on the monumental major card towards former featherweight kingpin, Max Holloway, Arizona native, Gaethje would drop a highlight-reel buzzer-beating knockout loss to the Hawaiian, succumbing to strikes for simply third knockout lack of his profession.
Justin Gaethje confirms plans for UFC 313 barnburner battle with Dan Hooker
And linked with a number of opponents to make his return to motion within the months since, former interim titleholder, Gaethje has now confirmed he’s gearing up coaching for a return to the Octagon as quickly as UFC 313 in Las Vegas, with a speculated battle with streaking Metropolis Kickboxing star, Hooker at the moment focused.
“So there’s no official battle signed, however I informed the UFC possibly two, three months in the past that March was, , the date I used to be on the lookout for,” Justin Gaethje stated on his official YouTube channel. “I do know there’s a battle March eighth in Las Vegas, in order that’s the one I informed them I wished to be on. I feel they’re determining fights proper now, however I’m definitely mentally getting ready, bodily getting ready to battle on that date.”
“… While you take a loss like that and also you’re as aggressive as we’re, then it lights a hearth below your ass,” Justin Gaethje defined. “So we’re again to it, again to, , again within the swing of issues and again preparing for a selected day, a selected opponent. I feel it’s going to be Dan Hooker, however, , with the UFC, issues can at all times change.
Himself within the midst of a three-fight successful run, Kiwi contender, Hooker returned to the light-weight division with a dominant physique kick TKO win over Claudio Puelles, earlier than racking up a pair of back-to-back determination wins over Jalin Turner, after which Mateusz Gamrot — most not too long ago besting the Pole at UFC 304 final summer season.
