There are plenty of times when fighters have to pull out of a fight at the last minute. Just like Renato Moicano stepped in at UFC 311 to face Islam Makhachev as a replacement, it happens more often than fans realize. In a similar twist, Justin Gaethje shared a wild story about getting the call to fight Tony Ferguson. The chaos was so intense that he went from demolishing pizza to preparing to fight for the interim title in a matter of days.

On the Hot Wash podcast, Gaethje revealed how Khabib Nurmagomedov was originally supposed to fight Ferguson, but he had to return to Russia and couldn’t make it. With only 13 days until his bout, Gaethje was asked to replace someone in the interim title fight. He was ecstatic at an opportunity to become a title holder and dove headfirst into intense t

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