Ilia Topuria’s coach, Javi Clement, is busy playing Mystic Mac. Most recently, Topuria, who had taken a break from fighting due to personal reasons, announced that he’s ready to return. Having sorted his problems outside theoctagon, Topuria is now back in the gym.
In his absence,Justin Gaethjegrabbed the interim lightweight title at UFC 324 by dismantling Paddy Pimblett.
Later this year, “El Matador” and Gaethje will face off to unify the titles. As per rumors, this bout could headline the UFC White House Card. Both fighters have shown interest in the June 14 event, and the promotion is currently building the lineup.
Recently, Ilia Topuria’s coach gave a bold prediction about thepotentialTopuria vs. Gaethje bout. Clement believes his pupil will put “The Highlight” to sleep in the first exchange during the first round.He toldÁlvaro Colmenero:
“I’m not going to say 30 seconds, a minute, or two minutes, but 100% it would be in the first round and 100% in the first exchange. I am 100% sure that no matter how strong Justin Gaethje is, no matter how much he wants to win, when Ilia connects with you, you’re not going to walk forward… Justin has several bad habits that I’ve already analyzed very well, and those habits will cost him big if he does them on fight day.”
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Ilia Topuria sent Charles Oliveira to the shadow realm atUFC 317, and before that, he became the first fighter to knock out Max Holloway.
In 2024, to capture the UFC featherweight championship, he also putAlexander Volkanovskito sleep.
The 29-year-old has already warned his future opponent, Justin Gaethje, right after the latter won the interim title at UFC 324. Topuria posted on X:
“Justin, all I can say is congratulations… and I’d like to tell you to get ready, but you’re screwed no matter what.”
Source: LowKickMMA.com
