VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Justin Gaethje has been through some of the must brutal fights in MMA history, but a health issue almost took his next potentially thrilling clash out of his hands.
Speaking to the media at Wednesday’s open workouts at Rogers Arena, “The Highlight” revealed that he suffered an eye infection that could have potentially spoiled Saturday’s UFC Vancouver lightweight main event bout opposite Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone.
“I’ll be honest to everyone, I’m wearing these sunglasses because I almost didn’t make it to this fight,” Gaethje said. “I had an eye infection and I’m through that now and I just got off the plane about an hour and a half ago and I came straight here because I was not gonna miss this opportunity to work out and get the blood flowing and get my mind into fight week.