Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev meet once more this Saturday at UFC 313, and their first struggle was one to recollect.
Watch a free replay of their UFC 286 conflict above.
The lightweights beforehand fought within the co-main occasion in London in March 2023, delivering a hanging duel that greater than lived as much as the hype. It was Gaethje who emerged from the three-round contest with a majority determination win (in an odd twist, all three judges scored the bout in another way with one choose giving Gaethje the primary round and one other giving Gaethje a 10-8 rating within the third).
Each fighters have been awarded with a $50,000 Battle of the Night time bonus at night time’s finish. It was yet one more post-fight accolade for the fan favourite strikers, with Gaethje presently proudly owning 13 bonuses throughout 13 UFC appearances, and Fiziev having gained six in simply 9 appearances.
The rematch materialized after a scheduled bout between Gaethje and Dan Hooker fell by means of resulting from a Hooker hand damage. Fiziev instantly volunteered his companies and was granted the chance, beating out quite a few keen light-weight contenders. He competes for the primary time since injuring his knee in a loss to Mateusz Gamrot in September 2023.
Gaethje vs. Fiziev once more serves because the co-main occasion of a pay-per-view, one struggle earlier than the UFC 313 headlining bout between mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev.
