{"id":836431,"date":"2025-03-24T14:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/dana-white-wont-rule-out-another-ufc-title-shot-for-justin-gaethje-following-ufc-313\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:13:25","slug":"dana-white-wont-rule-out-another-ufc-title-shot-for-justin-gaethje-following-ufc-313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/dana-white-wont-rule-out-another-ufc-title-shot-for-justin-gaethje-following-ufc-313\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White won\u2019t rule out another UFC title shot for Justin Gaethje following UFC 313"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Justin Gaethje Not Far Off From Another UFC Title Shot<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking to multiple reporters during the UFC 313 post-fight presser, Dana White certainly wouldn\u2019t rule out another possible UFC lightweight title shot for Justin Gaethje (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2025\/03\/ufc-313-justin-gaethje-opinion-dustin-poirier-trilogy-lightweight-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI mean, what\u2019s he ranked right now? Fourth or something, right? Third, there you go,\u201d White said at the UFC 313 post-event news conference. \u201cHe\u2019s still the No. 3-ranked guy in the world, so the odds of him getting a title shot are pretty good.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gaethje has captured the interim UFC gold before, but he hasn\u2019t been able to close in on the undisputed distinction. \u201cThe Highlight\u201d is still vying to become an undisputed UFC champion before his pro MMA career wraps up.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI want to fight for the belt, obviously,\u201d Gaethje said at the UFC 313 post-fight press conference when asked what\u2019s next. \u201cThat\u2019s a much different matchup than the one I just had. They tried to give me a doughnut. I took a bite, but I\u2019ve got to get back to running if I\u2019m going to fight Makahchev.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many believe the UFC brass is looking to book reigning 155-pound titleholder Islam Makhachev against Ilia Topuria. White has publicly said that the matchup isn\u2019t set in stone, and he believes Makhachev has other viable options.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Samatha Pekar<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-wont-rule-out-another-ufc-title-shot-for-justin-gaethje-following-ufc-313\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dana-white-wont-rule-out-another-ufc-title-shot-for-justin-gaethje-following-ufc-313\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Gaethje Not Far Off From Another UFC Title Shot Speaking to multiple reporters during the UFC 313 post-fight presser, Dana White certainly wouldn\u2019t rule out another possible UFC lightweight title shot for Justin Gaethje (via MMAJunkie). \u201cI mean, what\u2019s he ranked right now? Fourth or something, right? Third, there you go,\u201d White said at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1583],"tags":[5064,5162],"class_list":{"0":"post-836431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-white","8":"category-wont","9":"tag-white","10":"tag-wont"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}