{"id":90425,"date":"2025-11-28T05:47:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/gaethje-vs-pimblett-headlines-ufc-324-interim-title-clash-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T05:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:47:38","slug":"gaethje-vs-pimblett-headlines-ufc-324-interim-title-clash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/gaethje-vs-pimblett-headlines-ufc-324-interim-title-clash-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaethje vs Pimblett headlines UFC 324: Interim Title Clash!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gaethje vs. Pimblett to Headline UFC 324 for Interim Lightweight Title<\/h2>\n\n\nThe world of mixed martial arts is preparing for a stellar event. Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett will face each other for the interim lightweight title at UFC 324, which will take place on January 24th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Dana White, UFC CEO, was in charge of making the announcement. This event will mark the beginning of UFC’s new broadcast agreement with Paramount+, with the main card starting at 9 p.m. ET.\n\nIlia Topuria, current undisputed lightweight champion, will not be present at this event. The 28-year-old fighter announced that he needs time off for personal reasons.\n\n\n

I will not fight in the first quarter of next year. I am going through a difficult time in my personal life. I want to focus on my children and resolve this situation as soon as possible. I don’t want to delay the division. The UFC will make the necessary matchups, and as soon as the issues are resolved, I will let the UFC know that I am ready to begin my return.<\/p>Ilia Topuria<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nGaethje, with a record of 26-5, is coming off a decision victory against Rafael Fiziev in March. The 37-year-old fighter had considered retirement, but the opportunity to fight for the title kept him active. Gaethje earned a lightweight title shot by knocking out Dustin Poirier in 2023, but then accepted a fight against Max Holloway, losing by knockout in the fifth round.\n\nPimblett, with a record of 23-3, has been one of the fastest-rising stars since signing with the UFC in 2021. The 30-year-old Liverpool fighter has a 7-0 record inside the octagon, with notable victories over Ferguson and Michael Chandler.\n\nAccording to White, the interim title winner will face Topuria in a unification fight later this year.\n\nIn the co-main event of UFC 324, women’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison (19-1) will defend her title against former two-division champion Amanda Nunes (23-5), who is returning from retirement.\n\nWhite also announced the participation of several former UFC champions at UFC 324. Sean O’Malley (18-3) will face Song Yadong (22-8-1). Alexa Grasso (16-5-1) and Rose Namajunas (15-7) will face each other in flyweight.\n\nDerrick Lewis (29-12) will face the promising Waldo Cortes-Acosta (16-2), and featherweights Arnold Allen (20-3) and Jean Silva (16-3) will seek to move up in the 145-pound division.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gaethje vs. Pimblett to Headline UFC 324 for Interim Lightweight Title The world of mixed martial arts is preparing for a stellar event. Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett will face each other for the interim lightweight title at UFC 324, which will take place on January 24th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Dana […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[536,478,471,10783],"class_list":{"0":"post-90425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-justin-gaethje","9":"tag-mma","10":"tag-paddy-pimblett","11":"tag-ufc-324"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}