Ilia Topuria is putting on his mystic cap and sharing a prediction for his UFC White House fight against Justin Gaethje: a 1st round KO.
Topuria is extremely confident coming into his Sunday, June 14th fight against “The Highlight.” And why wouldn’t he be, given his impressive knockout wins over Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway, and Charles Oliveira? That’s a legendary streak if there ever was one, and Justin Gaethje’s style seems to play right into Topuria’s strengths.
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In an interview with ABC Spain, Topuria described Gaethje and how the fight will go.
“He’s a great guy, a great fighter who’s done a lot of things in this sport,” Topuria said. “I, as a fan, am quite a follower of his style. He is a real fighter. But on a technical and skills level, I see he is below me. Many will say that I am arrogant, but none have shown me that I am wrong. I have no doubt that he won’t be able to do anything to me. I have the complete faith that I will put him to sleep in the first round. I don’t see any chance for him. I want to consider that I could take more than one round, but I don’t see any possibility.”
Asked if he was worried about Gaethje’s ability to generate chaos in the cage, Topuria shrugged.
