Interim UFC light-weight champ Justin Gaethje believes Ilia Topuria is about to hit a large wall resulting from his Conor McGregor-esque ego.
UFC light-weight champion Ilia Topuria is likely one of the largest stars in fight sports activities after knocking out Max Holloway, Alexander Volkanovski, and Charles Oliveira over his final three fights. Throughout his unbeaten UFC tenure, he’s one among a handful of UFC legends to win titles in a number of divisions, and will doubtlessly battle for a 3rd belt if he strikes as much as battle Islam Makhachev.
Topuria’s energy contained in the Octagon, to go along with his bravado outdoors of it, has drawn comparisons to Conor McGregor. Coincidentally, McGregor’s long-awaited return to the Octagon at UFC 329 will happen simply weeks after the upcoming Topuria vs. Gaethje card on the White Home garden.
After a fast ascent within the UFC, McGregor’s inventory dipped after defeating Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, and his notorious ‘Cash Battle’ with boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Based on Gaethje, Topuria is trending in direction of an analogous downfall after his latest private assaults towards Gaethje’s father and different prime light-weight contenders.
Justin Gaethje: Ilia Topuria’s ego will produce Conor McGregor-like fall
In a latest interview with TMZ, Gaethje in contrast Topuria’s rise to McGregor’s however predicted a equally epic downfall.
“That is how he approaches a lot of his fights,” Gaethje mentioned of Topuria.
“He’s been profitable each time alongside the way in which. Once more, it’s much like McGregor and the way McGregor approached fights. You’re gonna make your self this unbeatable, infallible particular person after which if you lose, the place do you go from there?
“I can’t wait to show him that lesson, I’ve been there earlier than. I used to be 17-0 at one level once I acquired to the UFC, he’s rather more completed at 17-0 than I used to be. There’s little doubt this child is particular however this sport is so loopy.” (h/t Bloody Elbow)
The closest that Topuria has come to dropping was in his UFC light-weight debut towards Jai Herbert in 2022. After getting dropped by a brutal head kick, Topuria rallied to knock out Herbert and cement himself as a harmful finisher contained in the Octagon.
Just like how Khabib Nurmagomedov stopped McGregor’s superstardom, Gaethje will look at hand Topuria a style of humility on the White Home garden. Regardless of being a big underdog, Gaethje is assured he can produce a minimum of yet another spotlight reel.
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