Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje bout expected to take place on ‘Fight Island’ next month

Justin Gaethje won’t have a lot of time to bask in his impressive UFC 249 victory.

UFC president Dana White has all but confirmed that the 31-year old will square off against Khabib Nurmagomedov unified lightweight title to take place on the mysterious location known as ‘Fight Island’ sometime in June.

“I don’t know if it will be the first one, but it will be on ‘Fight Island,’ unless miraculously the world comes back together faster than I think it’s gonna.” said White.

“Hopefully [‘Fight Island’] will be done by mid-June, and I could put on a fight that weekend that it’s done, or end of June.”

Gaethje, who was inserted into his UFC 249 bout with Tony Ferguson weeks before the fight due to Nurmagomedov’s inability to leave Russia, surprised the MMA world with a fifth round TKO victory on Saturday. He is on a four fight winning week.

Nurmagomedov is undefeated (12-0) since making his UFC debut back in January 2012. His last fight was a submission (rear-naked choke) victory over Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 in the United Arab Emirates in September 2019.