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Rafael Fiziev and Justin Gaethje are going to run it back.
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Fiziev will replace the injured Dan Hooker and face Gaethje in the lightweight co-main event at UFC 313. While Hooker vs. Gaethje was slated for five rounds, the new booking is scheduled for three. The promotion announced the bout on Wednesday.
UFC 313 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 8 and is headlined by a light heavyweight championship clash between Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev.
Fiziev dropped a majority decision to Gaethje in their first meeting at UFC 286 in March 2023. In his next outing, “Ataman” suffered a knee injury in a TKO loss against Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Fight Night 228 in September 2023. The 31-year-old Kazakhstan native, who won six of his first seven Octagon appearances, has been sidelined since then.
Gaethje, meanwhile, is coming off a fifth-round knockout loss to Max Holloway in a BMF title bout at UFC 300. The two-time lightweight title challenger owns other notable victories over the likes of Dustin Poirier, Michael Chandler, Tony Ferguson, Donald Cerrone and Edson Barboza, to name a few.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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