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Topuria (17-0) will look to defend his lightweight title against interim champion Gaethje (27-5) in the UFC White House: Freedom 250 main event on June 14. Topuria is coming off consecutive knockouts over legends in Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira. Gaethje believes all three veterans made the mistake of going on their back foot against Topuria. Gaethje claims he will try to move forward, even at the cost of absorbing damage.
Topuria believes half the job is already done if Gaethje tries to move forward. “El Matador” claims all he needs to knock someone out is for them to stay stagnant and start trading shots. If Gaethje moves forward, Topuria believes he won’t take more than a couple of minutes to knock out “The Highlight.”
“If he’s gonna do what he has been saying, that he is gonna try to move forward and all that, that’s all I need,” Topuria told MMA Fighting. “Just try to move forward, and I’m gonna have half the job already done. All I need from my opponents is to have them against the wall or stop them and start exchanging punches. If he’s gonna try to move forward, I’m gonna knock him out in the first minute, second minute.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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