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Justin Gaethje touts himself as the most exciting fighter in UFC history: ‘I don’t know why, I can’t turn it off’

Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Justin Gaethje has claimed he is the most exciting fighter to ever grace the Octagon and the entire sport of mixed martial arts as a whole – ahead of his pivotal UFC 286 co-main event return later this week against Rafael Fiziev.

Gaethje, the current #3 ranked lightweight contender, is slated to make his first Octagon walk since May of last year this weekend in London, taking on surging striking ace, Fiziev in a potential title-eliminator at 155lbs.

Last time out, Gaethje, a staple of Trevor Wittman and ONX Labs, suffered a first round rear-naked choke submission loss to former undisputed champion, Charles Oliveira in an unsuccessful bid to land division spoils.