{"id":13923,"date":"2020-04-06T18:15:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T22:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13923"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:16:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T12:16:22","slug":"justin-garthje-replaces-nurmagomedov-at-ufc-249","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13923","title":{"rendered":"Justin Garthje Replaces Nurmagomedov at UFC 249"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ufc_04062020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ufc_04062020.png 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ufc_04062020-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>UFC boss Dana White has confirmed a major title fight will take place \u201csomewhere on earth\u201d this month after selecting Khabib Nurmagomedov\u2019s stand-in.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Gaethje has been installed as the replacement for lightweight champion Nurmagomedov at UFC 249.<\/p>\n<p>Gaethje will now take on Tony Ferguson in a title bout on April 18.<\/p>\n<p>White confirmed the contest and date on his Twitter account 24 hours after ruling Nurmagomedov out of the bout.<\/p>\n<p>White wrote: \u201cThe fight is signed and is 100% ON LIVE on ESPN somewhere on EARTH!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Russian, who beat Conor McGregor in 2018, had returned to Dagestan from the United States as the coronavirus outbreak spread and travel restrictions have been imposed in his homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Nurmagomedov and number-one contender Ferguson have been due to meet on a series of occasions but the fight has never taken place because of illness and injury and now the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson, 36, will take on his 31-year-old fellow American \u2013 who is ranked as fourth in the list of contenders \u2013 for the interim lightweight title.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-13923\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13923&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-13923\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13923&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-13923\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13923&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13923\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC boss Dana White has confirmed a major title fight will take place \u201csomewhere on earth\u201d this month after selecting Khabib Nurmagomedov\u2019s stand-in. Justin Gaethje has been installed as the replacement for lightweight champion Nurmagomedov at UFC 249. 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