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Ilia
\nTopuria was humbled at UFC White House. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n
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Islam Topuria (17-1) put his lightweight title on the line against Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n However, Gaethje bloodied Topuria up in the very first round. While Makhachev reminded Topuria of his lesson in humility while \u201cHe who exalts himself will be humbled! There\u2019s levels in this He who exalts himself will be humbled !<\/p>\n There\u2019s levels in this game!<\/p>\n Congratulations Justin, you deserve this belt more than anyone!<\/p>\n \u2014 Makhachev Islam (@MAKHACHEVMMA) <\/center><\/p>\n The UFC welterweight champion further mocked Topuria for quitting \u201cTo quit in the biggest fight of your career – is something not To quit in the biggest fight of your career Real Le Layenda \ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n \u2014 Makhachev Islam (@MAKHACHEVMMA) <\/center><\/p>\n Topuria had been plotting a much-anticipated matchup against Ilia Topuria was humbled at UFC White House. | Getty\/UFC Islam Makhachev is enjoying Ilia Topuria\u2019s humbling lesson at the UFC White House event. Topuria (17-1) put his lightweight title on the line against interim champion Justin Gaethje (28-5) in the main event at UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday at the White House. \u201cEl Matador\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38817","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\/38817","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=38817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMakhachev<\/a> is enjoying Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a>\u2019s humbling lesson at the
\nUFC White House<\/a> event. <\/p>\n
\ninterim champion Justin
\nGaethje<\/a> (28-5) in the main event at UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday
\nat the White House. \u201cEl Matador\u201d repeatedly affirmed that he would
\nknock Gaethje out in the very first round. Topuria also claimed
\nthat he had a video predicting how he would knock Gaethje out,
\nwhich would be released after the fight. Topuria even celebrated
\nhis expected victory with friends and family a day before the
\nfight. <\/p>\n
\nTopuria gained momentum in the second round, he seemingly spent up
\nhis energy trying to finish Gaethje. \u201cThe Highlight\u201d busted up a
\nvisibly tired Topuria in the third round. While the cageside doctor
\neven appeared to be calling the fight off due to the damage to
\nTopuria\u2019s eyes, the Georgian-Spaniard returned for a fourth round.
\nGaethje eventually beat Topuria up enough for his corner to stop
\nthe fight at the end of the fourth round. Gaethje finally won the
\nundisputed title in his third attempt in one of the most historic
\nupsets ever. <\/p>\n
\ncongratulating Gaethje on a much-deserved title win.<\/p>\n
\ngame! Congratulations Justin, you deserve this belt more than
\nanyone!\u201d Makhachev wrote on X.\n
\nJune 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nin the stool in one of the most important fights of his career.<\/p>\n
\neverybody can do,\u201d Makhachev wrote. \u201cReal Le Layenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
\n– is something not everybody can do.<\/p>\n
\nJune 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nMissed Opportunity?<\/h2>\n
\nMakhachev for a long time. The previously undefeated
\nGeorgian-Spaniard was even eyeing a move up to welterweight to
\nchallenge Makhachev for the title if he beat Gaethje. However, that
\nmatchup is unlikely to happen now. Gaethje had also similarly shut
\ndown a much-anticipated matchup between Makhachev\u2019s friend and
\nmentor, Khabib
\nNurmagomedov<\/a>, and Tony
\nFerguson<\/a>. Gaethje won the interim title for the first time in
\n2020, handing Ferguson a beating from which he never recovered. \u201cEL
\nCucuy\u201d never won in the
\nUFC<\/a> again and retired on an eight-fight slump. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"