{"id":40785,"date":"2026-09-30T05:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Ilia-Topuria-is-back-in-the-gym-after-brutal-Justin-Gaethje-loss-203023"},"modified":"2026-09-30T05:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:49:47","slug":"ilia-topuria-is-back-in-the-gym-after-brutal-justin-gaethje-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ilia-topuria-is-back-in-the-gym-after-brutal-justin-gaethje-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Topuria is back in the gym after brutal Justin Gaethje loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ilia-topuria-is-back-in-the-gym-after-brutal-justin-gaethje-loss.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ilia-Topuria-202445\">Ilia<br \/>\nTopuria<\/a> is back in the gym.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> featherweight and lightweight<br \/>\ntitleholder recently shared photos of himself hitting mitts on<br \/>\nInstagram with the caption, \u201cBack to the office.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Ilia Topuria resumes full training after receiving medical<br \/>\nclearance following his loss to Justin Gaethje<\/h2>\n<p>The post comes after Topuria announced earlier this month that he<br \/>\nhad completed medical testing and was cleared to return to full<br \/>\ntraining. He suffered his first professional loss against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Justin-Gaethje-46648\">Justin<br \/>\nGaethje<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-White-House-Freedom-250-Topuria-vs-Gaethje-111990\"><br \/>\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a> in June. Topuria has said he sustained<br \/>\nsignificant facial damage during the bout that severely compromised<br \/>\nhis vision.<\/p>\n<p>His corner ultimately stopped the fight after the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>Topuria has remained vocal about the result since receiving medical<br \/>\nclearance. In announcing that he had been cleared, Topuria called<br \/>\nfor a rematch with Gaethje and accused the American of illegally<br \/>\nloading his gloves.<\/p>\n<p>A rematch with Gaethje has been rumored, as has a grudge match with<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Paddy-Pimblett-84902\">Paddy<br \/>\nPimblett<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dd3-0ZRjFVW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.29166666666667\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilia Topuria is back in the gym. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight and lightweight titleholder recently shared photos of himself hitting mitts on Instagram with the caption, \u201cBack to the office.\u201d Advertisement Ilia Topuria resumes full training after receiving medical clearance following his loss to Justin Gaethje The post comes after Topuria announced earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40785","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\/40785","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=40785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}