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\nthe stars align, Justin Gaethje would be open to a third meeting
\nwith Dustin Poirier. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n
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Justin Gaethje (27-5) won the interim lightweight title with a brutal Gaethje is also open to a trilogy fight against \u201cThe Diamond\u201d if \u201cDustin\u2019s a warrior and I\u2019ll always respect him,\u201d Gaethje told Gaethje suffered a fourth-round technical knockout loss in his If the stars align, Justin Gaethje would be open to a third meeting with Dustin Poirier. | Getty\/UFC Justin Gaethje won\u2019t deny Dustin Poirier a rubber fight if he comes out of retirement. Gaethje (27-5) won the interim lightweight title with a brutal beating of Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324 last month. While Poirier retired […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGaethje<\/a> won\u2019t deny Dustin
\nPoirier<\/a> a rubber fight if he comes out of retirement. <\/p>\n
\nbeating of Paddy
\nPimblett<\/a> at UFC 324<\/a>
\nlast month. While Poirier retired last year, Gaethje\u2019s performance
\nagainst Pimblett made him open to a return. Having gone 1-1
\nhead-to-head with Gaethje, Poirier expressed interest in ending his
\nretirement for a rubber fight against \u201cThe Highlight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nall concerned parties are interested. However, Gaethje is expected
\nto unify the lightweight title against champion Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a> later this year. While Gaethje won\u2019t turn down a fight
\nagainst Poirier, he admits that he is primarily focused on moving
\nforward.<\/p>\nRespect for a Warrior<\/h2>\n
\nBloody Elbow<\/a>. \u201cIf he really wants to come back
\nand the UFC wants that fight, I\u2019d do it. But I\u2019m focused on moving
\nforward, not backward. I\u2019ve got goals I\u2019m chasing, and that\u2019s where
\nmy attention is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nfirst meeting with Poirier in 2018. Gaethje exacted revenge by
\nputting Poirier to sleep with a brutal head kick in their rematch
\nin 2023. Poirier retired following a unanimous decision loss
\nagainst Max
\nHolloway<\/a> last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"