It wasn’t the plan, but Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev will square off in a rematch. Their lightweight bout scheduled for three rounds will take place Saturday, March 8 at UFC 313 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The fight came together only last week after Gaethje’s original opponent, Dan Hooker, suffered a fractured hand in training . Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) and Fiziev (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) first met in March 2023 at UFC 286, with Gaethje winning a hard-fought majority decision in the Fight of the Night. Since then, Gaethje has gone 1-1, first knocking out Dustin Poirier and most recently suffering the Knockout of the Year to Max Holloway last April at UFC 300. Fiziev followed up his loss to Gaethje with a second consecutive injury TKO loss to Mateusz Gamrot in September 2023, and he hasn’t competed since
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