Justin Gaethje Accepts the Idea of Being A Substitute for Title Fight Between Khabib And Ferguson

There is going to be a Lightweight title fight between the best fighters, Khabib, and Ferguson on the 18th of April in the coming year. This is going to happen at UFC 249 PPV event and fans all over the world are desperately waiting for this fight between the champions. The fans are extremely excited and they still have 5 months to keep praying that nothing goes wrong before the fight and they can actually watch this amazing fight this time. After all, this is now the fifth time this match has been booked and fans are now on the verge of their patience and their expectations are becoming higher with each attempt of booking. Some of the fans even have thrown their MMA gear and stopped their own MMA training as an act of revenge.

Reasons for Cancelling the Fight for Four Times

As everybody knows that fight has been already canceled four times and every time something wrong happened which unfortunately led to these cancellations. Here, the sentiments of fans cannot be neglected as no other fighter has ever been canceled so many times. Sometimes there were injuries and then sometimes bad weights cuts became the reason to cancel such a big and most awaited fight between Khabib and Ferguson.

The Fifth Booking

Now the pressure is great on mixed martial arts (MMA) community, as it has been greatly blamed for all these cancellations. Despite this fact, the mixed martial arts (MMA) community is also upset for such natural coincidences that lead to four cancellations in a row. Now due to such pressure, the community is little cautious as fans are extremely excited about the fight. You can truly understand how intense this announcement is that UFC President Dana White also seemed extremely nervous while announcing the booking for the fifth time. What if any injury or any calamity might happen again? This time fans cannot bear this shock so there has to be some great solution for it, as a fight cannot be canceled this time no matter what happens.

Justin Gaethje is the Solution

As the fight has to happen this time, there is a need for backup. Justin Gaethje announced that he is willing to become a substitute for this most awaited fight. However, it is least of his preferences to do play this role. He still has no objection to becoming a substitute for this fight but he has one condition that promotion should sponsor his training and cover all his expenses for the title fight preparation. The expenses of training may include the expense of diet, supplements, professional training, MMA gear, etc.

If we take this seriously, there is no exception in this case as UFC has paid fighters in the past to become backups in order to continue the fight if anything wrong happens during or before the fight. Keeping the four cancellations in mind, there is no wonder that UFC must pay Justin Gaethje to be prepared as a backup if anything wrong happens again. Well, he is definitely the best fighter to substitute for a title fight between Khabib and Ferguson.

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