Justin Gaethje's incredible UFC career could be set to come to a shocking and disappointing end after being beaten by Ilia Topuria.
Last Saturday, Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira collided in the UFC 317 Main Event for the empty lightweight title after the Islam Makhachev had given up to pursue his welterweight title goal.
Topuria continued his historic run with a brutal first round knockout from Oliveira, making the Brazilian fan favorite unconscious in the middle of the Octagon a huge right hand to left hook combination countries.
Immediately after the fight, Topuria was confronted with his potential first title defense when Paddy Pimblett went into the Octagon for a spontaneous face.
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Justin Gaethje can be set up to retire after he has been beaten by Topuria
In anticipation of the UFC 317 announcement of title fight, the old Competer Justin Gaethje had the feeling that he was in an excellent position to fight in an empty title fight.
After he found out that the fight between Topuria and Oliveira would be, Gaethje was left to find out that he was missing.
And with that 'the highlight' went one step further and claimed that if he did not get the next lightweight title fight that he would retire from the sport.
During the UFC 317 Post-Fight Press Conference, UFC boss Dana White responded to his 'crazy' pension ultimatum, suggesting that he will retire if he is already considering it.
To make matters worse, 'El Matador' explained only a few hours after the fight why he is not interested in a fight against Gaethje, it disagrees that Gaethje is a UFC legend and should be the next.
“Por favor, por favor. Justin Gaethje, no, no. So the only thing I just realized is that you don't like the man because I don't know why you want him to place him,” Topuria said about the last fight with the UFC.
“Fighting against Justin Gaethje, I don't think that will be something exciting for the fans, because as I said, we need new blood in the division. We need new faces, new guys who are hungry than the boys we are used to in the past such as Justin Gaethje, Charles Oliveira,” went further in an interview with. “
“I want to bring new faces to the game.”
Topuria vs Pimblett labeled a 'sheep to slaughter' by lightweight competition
With the next fight from Topuria will probably be against 'The Baddy', the opening opportunities have been released and Topuria is a huge -600 favorite to keep his title.
And with that the fight has been labeled 'a sheep to laughter' by the old lightweight competition, Beneil Dariush, who is confused by the potential matchmaking.