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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.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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