{"id":298293,"date":"2019-01-15T21:13:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T05:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=298293"},"modified":"2019-01-15T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T05:15:00","slug":"justin-gaethje-vs-edson-barboza-in-the-works-for-late-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-vs-edson-barboza-in-the-works-for-late-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje vs Edson Barboza in the works for late March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/james-vick\/ufc-lincoln-results-justin-gaethje-kos-james-vick-video\/\">big one-punch knockout win over James Vick<\/a> in his last time out at UFC Lincoln in August 2018, Justin Gaethje (19-2) is ready to get back at it.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, Gaethje&#8217;s manager <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/manager-discusses-futures-of-cody-garbrant-justin-gaethje-and-fabricio-werdum\/\">Ali Abdelaziz revealed that he was looking at Edson Barboza<\/a>\u00a0(20-6) for Gaethje&#8217;s next matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it appears as if they&#8217;ve been able to get the wheels in motion.<\/p>\n<p>Farah Hannoun has reported that a bout between the brilliant leg kickers is in the works for some time at the end of March. A follow-up report from <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/01\/edson-barboza-vs-justin-gaethje-lightweight-ufc-on-espn-plus-6-nashville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>\u00a0states that this fight is likely to take place on March 23 in Nashville, Tennesse on <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.zlbu.net\/c\/1359581\/566982\/9070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> or at the event the week after on March 30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on ESPN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Edson Barboza (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdsonBarbozaJR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EdsonBarbozaJR<\/a>) vs. Justin Gaethje (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Justin_Gaethje?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Justin_Gaethje<\/a>) in the works for March event (date and location TBD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MMA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dPlKw76Tcp\">pic.twitter.com\/dPlKw76Tcp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Farah Hannoun (@Farah_Hannoun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Farah_Hannoun\/status\/1085335397729734657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;EXCLUSIVE: Edson Barboza (@EdsonBarbozaJR) vs. Justin Gaethje (@Justin_Gaethje) in the works for March event (date and location TBD) #UFC #MMA&#8221; Hannoun&#8217;s tweet read.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the UFC in the Summer of 2017, the former World Series of Fighting lightweight king Justin Gaethje has continued on with his reign of violence in exciting fights.<\/p>\n<p>Now 2-2 in his tenure with the promotion, Gaethje has fought in three fight of the year candidates.<\/p>\n<p>For Brazil&#8217;s Barboza, he just got back on track by <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/edson-barboza\/ufc-on-fox-31-results-edson-barboza-tkos-dan-hooker-video\/\">serving up a prolonged beatdown<\/a> to the disturbingly resilient &#8220;Hangman&#8221; Dan Hooker at UFC on Fox 31. 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