Justin Gaethje vs. Al Iaquinta headlines UFC Fight Night in Nebraska

[NandoMoura]

 

[drbolony]

Boo.

Gaethje x Barboza was the fight to make.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

HAHAHA

Didn't Red Goof JUST say that fight WASN'T happening?!?

 

[hot carl]

I thought Dayna said this fight wasn’t happening.

 

[Peteyandjia]

Awesome matchup

 

[Death By Samson]

Dana is so full of shit that he will lie even when the truth sounds better.

 

[YOLOGOGOPLATA]

I like both of these guys. I think Gaethje wins handily, but I assume the fight was made because both guys are tough - most fighters with Al's skills would be KO'ed by JG in the first or 2nd... add in the toughness and this fight likely goes to the 3rd or 4th (assuming it/s a main event 5 rounder)

 

[James Baller]

Good fight, tough to call. I think I'd have to pick Gaethje here.

 

[Kenny Powerth]

It’s just comical at this point

 

[Typrune Goatley]

 

[Mixedfights]

Guess Al decided to take the pay in his contract.

 

[Arkridge]

Gaethje rebounds with a win here.

 

[beephin]

Brett Okamoto just tweeted.

I'll upload tweet in a second

 

[Thesnake101]

Gonna go with Al since Justin has been adamant about remaining a punching bag. Iaquinta hits hard and is durable, and that might be enough against Gaethje.

 

[ArtOfDrowning]

Walking Punching Bag loses again. Al will smash him.

 

[mmaknight]

I wonder if he'll apply a wrestling tactic to his arsenal this time around? There was mention somewhere that Justin did consider a different approach in his next fight but considering Al will trade on the feet with him it's really hard to say if Justin will try some wrestling?

 

[Wordwiz]

This should be a bloodbath! I'm in.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Posted 5 hours ago on the main page: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Da...ut-of-Potential-Bout-vs-Justin-Gaethje-137789

On his “Call Me Al” podcast, Iaquinta mentioned August or September as a target date with the former World Series of Fighting champion. However, Gaethje countered on Twitter that Iaquinta would not be ready to fight in August.

Now, it appears that any life the bout might have had is no more, and according to UFC President Dana White, responsibility for that falls on Iaquinta.

“That fight isn’t gonna happen. Iaquinta is absolutely 100 percent out of that fight,” White said on the "UFC Unfiltered” podcast.

I love it. The reaction was fairly positive so he changed his tune, and rightfully so, this is a solid fight.

 

[mirellale]

Justin will lose three times in a row

 

[epic1stpost]

Great fight. Will be rooting for justin.