Islam Makhachev Issues Warning To Justin Gaethje: UFC Lightweight fighter Justin Gaethje recently announced himself as a contender for the Lightweight title. In response to that callout, champion Islam Makhachev has issued a warning for the potential challenger.
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Haethje hopes 2024 brings a title match for him. The last time the American fighter challenged for the title at UFC 274, then-champion Charles Oliviera missed weight resulting in no title being on the line for the fight. Justin did lose that match via submission.
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Makhachev, who himself won the title after defeating Oliviera for the vacant belt at UFC 280, is two defences deep into his championship run and is ranked #1 on the P4P rankings.
Gaethje had victories over Rafael Fiziev and Dustin Poirier in 2023 and is now the #1 Contender for the Lightweight title. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), he announced that he is waiting on UFC President Dana White to book the match between him and Islam.
“Waiting on the call. Ready when you are @ufc @danawhite Let’s see who can kick the others head off first @MAKHACHEVMMA (Islam Makhachv) Do Bronx (Charles Oliviera) had his shot and didn’t show up for the rematch. It is what it is,” Gaethje tweeted.
The mention of Charles Oliviera in that tweet refers to the time when the Brazilian fighter pulled out of a rematch against Makhachev at UFC 294 due to suffering a gruesome cut during training.
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As per the Islam Makhachev Issues Warning To Justin Gaethje, The champ’s reply to this tweet was quite chilling, as Makhachev warned Gaethje to “be careful,” he wrote –
“I can do more than kicking, be careful.”
While the date of Islam Makhchev’s next title defence is not confirmed, it seems that he and Justin Gaethje are on a collision course in 2024.
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