{"id":325219,"date":"2019-09-12T14:10:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T21:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325219"},"modified":"2019-09-12T14:10:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T21:10:29","slug":"justin-gaethje-almost-had-to-withdraw-from-ufc-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-almost-had-to-withdraw-from-ufc-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje almost had to withdraw from UFC Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, in the main event of UFC Vancouver, Justin Gaethje will collide with Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone in a matchup that has fans drooling in an anticipation.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, we almost lost this matchup before we got the chance to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media ahead of his UFC Vancouver fight with Cowboy, a sunglasses-wearing Gaethje admitted that he very nearly had to withdraw from the contest with an eye-infection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Gaethje admits that he almost had to pull out of this weekend&#39;s bout with Donald Cerrone <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1eLREBgl1Y\">pic.twitter.com\/1eLREBgl1Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronbronsteter\/status\/1171962008146604032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be honest to everyone, I\u2019m wearing these sunglasses because I almost didn\u2019t make it to this fight,\u201d Gaethje said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/justin-gaethje-says-he-almost-had-to-pull-out-of-ufc-vancouver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). \u201cI had an eye infection and I\u2019m through that now. I\u2019m 100-percent ready to go. I\u2019ve fought blind my whole life so unless my eyes are cut out, I\u2019m fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-content\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen many doctors and I\u2019m cleared,\u201d Gaethje clarified. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter [when it happened]. I\u2019m here and I\u2019m ready to fight, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Gaethje is healthy enough to fight. The former World Series of Fighting champ seems fired up about the challenge ahead and is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-guarantees-someone-is-going-to-sleep-in-cowboy-fight\/\">promising a knockout<\/a> when he fights Cowboy \u2014 no matter who is on the receiving end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you, September 14th, best live show on planet earth to be going on,\u201d he said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5OSjojwBHXc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cCowboy\u2019s gonna bring it. I want to just assure you that I\u2019m going to go to sleep or he\u2019s going to go to sleep. I\u2019m going to fight how I\u2019ve always fought, I\u2019m going to start low and bring it high. I\u2019ve never seen Cowboy go to sleep so it\u2019s hard to picture me punching him going to sleep, but I will get knocked out trying, I will promise you that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will come out on top when Justin Gaethje and Donald Cerrone collide in the UFC Vancouver main event? Do you think Gaethje&#8217;s recent health woes could be a factor in the fight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> on 9\/12\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, in the main event of UFC Vancouver, Justin Gaethje will collide with Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone in a matchup that has fans drooling in an anticipation. Apparently, we almost lost this matchup before we got the chance to enjoy it. Speaking to the media ahead of his UFC Vancouver fight with Cowboy, a sunglasses-wearing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54459,"featured_media":279931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[25154,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Justin Gaethje almost had to withdraw from UFC Vancouver | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Justin Gaethje recently admitted that he nearly needed to withdraw from his UFC Vancouver main event battle with Donald &quot;Cowboy&quot; Cerrone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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