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\nTopuria is gearing up for his fight at the White House. |
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According to Ilia Since that champion vs. champion bout didn\u2019t come to fruition, Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cOnce again Islam comes up with an excuse. This time it\u2019s an \u201cAnd when I woke, I found out that Islam had gotten injured. And Once again Islam comes up with an excuse. \u2014 Ilia <\/center><\/p>\n Topuria will return to action for the first time since last June, Makhachev last appeared at UFC 322<\/a>, Ilia Topuria is gearing up for his fight at the White House. | Getty\/UFC According to Ilia Topuria, there is some truth to the rumor that he was initially supposed to face Islam Makhachev at the UFC White House card. Since that champion vs. champion bout didn\u2019t come to fruition, Topuria will instead face Justin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTopuria<\/a>, there is some truth to the rumor that he was initially
\nsupposed to face Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> at the
\nUFC White House<\/a> card.<\/p>\n
\nTopuria will instead face Justin
\nGaethje<\/a> in the UFC White House main event on June 14. \u201cEl
\nMatador\u201d gave his account of how the booking unfolded in a social
\nmedia post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\ninjury,\u201d Topuria wrote on X. \u201cI always knew I would be part of the
\nWhite House event. Even when the UFC told me at one point that they
\nwouldn\u2019t count on me for the event, I knew it was part of the
\nnegotiation. When they finally told me I would be on the White
\nHouse card, they mentioned Islam and I didn\u2019t hesitate for a second
\nto accept the fight. Even though the fight hadn\u2019t been officially
\nconfirmed yet, the White House card was going to be announced the
\nnext day.<\/p>\n\u2018It Will Be Quick\u2019<\/h2>\n
\nthen Justin
\nGaethje<\/a> appeared. Once again, someone else who will pay for
\nIslam\u2019s escape. Both of their manager is a bitch and also ugly as
\nhell. Justin, see you at the White House. I\u2019m not someone who
\nhumiliates people. It will be quick. When you wake up, everything
\nwill already be over.\u201d\n
\nThis time it\u2019s an injury.
I always knew I would be part of the White House event. Even when
\nthe UFC told me at one point that they wouldn\u2019t count on me for the
\nevent, I knew it was part of the negotiation.
When they finally told me I\u2026<\/p>\n
\nTopuria<\/a> (@Topuriailia)
\nMarch 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nwhen he knocked out Charles
\nOliveira<\/a> to claim the vacant lightweight crown. The
\nGeorgian-Spaniard took a hiatus during the first of the year to
\ndeal with personal issues. In the meantime, Gaethje claimed the
\ninterim belt with a five-round verdict over Paddy
\nPimblett<\/a> at UFC 324<\/a>
\non Jan. 24.<\/p>\n
\nwhere he took a lopsided unanimous decision over Jack
\nDella Maddalena<\/a> to capture welterweight gold. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"