UFC fans are fearing the worst for Justin Gaethje after getting a glimpse of Ilia Topuria’s sparring for their White House card clash.
The pair, 37 and 29 respectively, will collide in the main event of the U at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on June 14.
Topuria will headline the UFC’s Freedom 250 card at the White House against Justin Gaethje Credit: UFC
‘El Matador’ has been hard at work in the gym preparing for the Presidential punch-up Credit: YOUTUBE@ILIATOPURIA
The victor of the Presidential punch-up will be crowned undisputed lightweight champion.
Both men are hard at work in the gym refining their tools for what promises to be a Washington war.
And footage of Topuria’s sparring for the bout has gone viral.
The Georgian-born Spaniard recently dropped fresh sparring footage on his YouTube channel.
Ilia Topuria put a beating on one of his sparring partners Credit: YOUTUBE@ILIATOPURIA
His training partner had to ask him to reduce the intensity of their spar Credit: YOUTUBE@ILIATOPURIA
And he brutalised one of his training partners to the point they asked him to take it down a notch.
After eating multiple hard combinations, his unfortunate sparring partner said to ‘El Matador’: “Go a little softer.
A perplexed Topuria asked: “Yes?” His training partner replied: “Yes.”
He continued: “You’re a gazelle.”
UFC White House Card In Full
Ilia Topuria v Justin Gaethje – Lightweight title unification fight
Alex Pereira vs Ciryl Gane – Interim heavyweight title fight
Sean O’Malley vs Aiemann Zahabi – men’s bantamweight bout
Mauricio Ruffy vs Michael Chandler – lightweight bout
Bo Nickal vs Kyle Daukaus – middleweight bout
Diego Lopes vs Steve Garcia – featherweight bout
Derrick Lewis vs Josh Hokit – heavyweight bout
Speaking to the cameraman, he said: “He’s so heated, he thinks Justin is in front of him.”
Another of Team Topuria chimed in: “We’re not Justin!”
Two-division champion Topuria was truly stunned by his training partners asking him to take it easy.
He said: ” I don’t even notice when I pick up the pace.
“He kept telling me ‘slow down’, but I swear, I don’t feel it.”
After seeing the clip, several fans didn’t shy away from predicting a bad night at the office for .
Justin Gaethje brutalised Brit Paddy Pimblett in January to reclaim the interim lightweight title Credit: Getty
Ilia Topuria will make his first defence of the lightweight title against Justin Gaethje Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK
One wrote on X: “Man he’s going to kill Justin.”
Another said: “Justin is dead, holy s**t.”
And another said: “Justin’s cooked.”
One remarked: “Yeah, Islam] Makhachev and Justin are both getting flatlined by Topuria.”
Another chimed in: “Insane! He will KO Justin within 1 round, he is reckless and Ilia is an artist.”
Topuria’s showdown with Gaethje will be his first since he claimed the lightweight title with a vicious first-round KO of at UFC 317 last June.
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