Following his win over Donald Cerrone, Justin Gaethje believes he has done enough to get his first crack at the UFC lightweight title.
In his third straight victory, Gaethje knocked out “Cowboy” in the first round of the UFC Vancouver main event on Saturday night.
After the fight, Gaethje called out the winner of the presumed next 155-pound title fight, champion Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson.
“The Irishman is retired,” Gaethje said of former champ Conor McGregor in his post-fight interview. “I want a real fighter. I want the winner of Tony and Khabib. I want to fight Khabib before he’s done, and if Tony wins, nobody’s gonna miss that fight; we could put a million people in a stadium.