Tensions continue to rise between Ilia
Topuria and Justin
Gaethje just days ahead of their matchup at
UFC White House: Freedom 250.

Topuria (17-0) puts his lightweight title on the line against
interim champion Gaethje (27-5) in the main event on June 14. Both
Topuria and Gaethje are known to be respectful towards their
opponents, hardly even engaging in trash talk. While things were
initially the same in the lead-up to their upcoming fight, Topuria
and Gaethje are now going at each other.

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It started with Gaethje’s father calling Topuria a short guy.
Topuria responded by promising to knock Gaethje out in front of his
father. Gaethje hit back by taking a dig at Topuria’s recent
divorce, which the Georgian-Spaniard took personally. After a
heated exchange on X, Topuria and Gaethje recently traded barbs
over a video call on Pat McAfee’s talk show.

While Topuria is oozing with confidence going into the fight,
Gaethje promises to make him look human.

“He believes everything he says,” Gaethje said. “Sits down and
smells his own fart. He thinks he is god. He is human just like me.
I’m going to show him. I’m going to touch his chin, he is going to
go to sleep just like anybody would when I land my shots.”

Topuria has repeatedly vowed to knock Gaethje out in the first
round. But “The Highlight” believes that Topuria will regret his
words when the fight goes beyond the first round.

“I love you knowing that you’re going to knock me out. Cause when
it goes to the second round, the third round, you’ll be like, ‘Oh,
I talked a lot of sh*t.’”

However, “El Matador” is confident that the scenario won’t arise as
the fight won’t go beyond the first five minutes.

“Never going to be a second or third round. That’s not going to
happen. I’m going to knock you out in the first round… You’re going
to feel something you never felt. You never faced someone like
me.”

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By IMAK ADMIN

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