but I think that the person that's more likely going to play backup is going to be Khabib Nurmagomedov. He's going to say no, so for that reason, I am guessing it's going to be Justin Gaethje vs.

Gaethje has been ... through a rear-naked choke. Despite having never been the actual lightweight champion, Gaethje has held the interim belt. Before facing Khabib, the American came up against ...

While both Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev rank among the best fighters in MMA history, Justin Gaethje believes he ...

One of several attempts to book Khabib ... defeating Gaethje at UFC 254. He entered the UFC Hall of Fame in 2022 alongside his longtime teammate Daniel Cormier. Nurmagomedov vs.

Gaethje bounced back from that loss by beating Rafael Fiziev at UFC 313 in his last fight. Those names above could be ahead of Topuria in light of Khabib’s following comments. “Topuria is a ...