{"id":370565,"date":"2020-12-09T15:54:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T23:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=370565"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:54:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T23:54:56","slug":"justin-gaethje-eyes-fighting-the-winner-of-mcgregor-vs-poirier-2-for-the-lightweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-eyes-fighting-the-winner-of-mcgregor-vs-poirier-2-for-the-lightweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje eyes fighting the winner of McGregor vs. Poirier 2 for the lightweight title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justin Gaethje will be paying close attention to the UFC 257 main event between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n

After Khabib Nurmagomedov retired following his win over Gaethje, many wondered how the UFC would book the lightweight division<\/a>. If the belt was vacated many pointed to the Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier rematch as the logical option for the vacant title.<\/p>\n

However, for Gaethje, his goal is to fight someone in early 2021 and then get the winner of McGregor-Poirier 2 for the belt.<\/p>\n

“I’m number one so of course I want to fight for that f*****g belt, that’s why I’m here. Poirier and McGregor are fighting soon so I want to fight the winner of that,” Gaethje said to The Schmo<\/a>. “I wholeheartedly believe you should be coming off a win to fight for a belt. So my job now is to get a win.”<\/p>\n

Although Justin Gaethje believes you need to be coming off a win, he wouldn’t mind not having to fight again and getting an immediate title shot.<\/p>\n

“I want to fight for the belt and if it is the winner of that fight then I would, in turn, need to beat somebody first. But, I’ll definitely just fight the winner for the belt, I’m down for that, too,” Gaethje added.<\/p>\n

Justin Gaethje is coming off a second-round submission loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title. Before that, he scored a dominant fifth-round TKO win over Tony Ferguson to claim the interim title.<\/p>\n

“The Highlight” is currently 5-3 inside the Octagon but remains one of the best lightweights. So, if the title is vacant, it does make a lot of sense in having him fight the winner of McGregor vs. Poirier<\/a> as all three deserve to be in the conversation for the belt.<\/p>\n

Would you want to see Justin Gaethje against the winner of McGregor vs. Poirier 2 for the belt?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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