Lance Gibson Jr. was eating a late dinner Monday when the call came, telling him to pack his bags and be ready to jump on a plane because the UFC might need him on Saturday's UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas.

"I was running around, grabbing all my gear … the main stuff I really need. Tuesday got it confirmed. Wednesday flew out, did a bunch of medicals," Gibson (9-1-0) recounted.

There were more medicals Thursday ahead of Friday's weigh-in. The whirlwind week ends Saturday when the 30-year-old from Port Moody, B.C., makes his UFC debut against veteran American King Green (32-17-1 with one no-contest).

"I'm just truly grateful for the opportunity," said Gibson, who went 5-1-0 in the Bellator promotion from 2019 to 2023. "This is what I'm dreamt of. I think, it's kind of been my entire l

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