Conor McGregor made short work of Colorado’s own Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246 on Saturday. Now, he could be on the path of facing another of the Centennial State’s finest fighters.
Justin Gaethje, who trains at Genesis Training Academy in Arvada and was an All-American wrestler during his time at Northern Colorado, is one of the frontrunners to take on McGregor.
As of Sunday night, Gaethje (21-2) has the third-best odds to be McGregor’s next opponent at 6-to-1 odds, according to betonline.ag. Jorge Masvidal is the favorite at 1/2 odds, followed by a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov (3/1).
Gaethje, 31, is the No. 3-ranked lightweight in the UFC and is on a three-fight win streak. In October, he was one of the top candidates to take on McGregor. He took to Twitter after Saturday’s fight to call out the Irish fighter: “That man is good. (Expletive) move to take that fight. Say my name @TheNotoriousMMA.”
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