2 hours ago Ilia Topuria shoved Justin Gaethje successful beforehand of the Lincoln Memorial successful the last quality league earlier the UFC's unprecedented amusement astatine the White House connected Sunday.
After some fighters predicted triumph successful their unification fight, lightweight champion Topuria, 29, pushed interim rubric holder Gaethje, who responded by laughing disconnected the incident.
As UFC president Dana White separated the fighters with a wry grin connected his face, American Gaethje could beryllium heard saying to Topuria: "Look wherever we're at, look astatine this beauteous presumption and you privation to enactment similar an animal?"
Earlier, Georgian-Spaniard Topuria had told 37-year-old Gaethje helium was "going to sound his lights retired successful the archetypal round".
"I cognize I'm champion successful the world, successful 2 days we're going to stock the aforesaid place. I cognize I'm the best, conscionable beryllium maine incorrect if you can," said Topuria.
The quality league was hosted successful Washington DC, 2 days earlier the lawsuit connected the White House's South Lawn.
The one-of-a-kind show, called UFC Freedom 250, is taking spot connected US President Donald Trump's 80th day arsenic portion of celebrations to people 250 years of American independence.
The Lincoln Memorial provided an eye-catching backdrop for the fighters, who were provided a defender of honour by the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets earlier they took their seats.
While determination were spiky moments betwixt Topuria and Gaethje, determination was small said betwixt France's Ciryl Gane and Brazil's Alex Pereira, who volition combat for the interim heavyweight rubric successful the co-main event.
Should Pereira win, helium volition go the archetypal combatant successful UFC past to triumph belts successful 3 divisions aft formerly holding the middleweight and light-heavyweight titles.
Earlier Topuria described Pereira arsenic a GOAT (greatest of each time) for his achievements wrong the octagon.
"He's the goat already. One of the goats already, due to the fact that we person galore successful this sport. He's going to articulation that database without immoderate doubt," helium said.
The quality league was besides interrupted galore times by American heavyweight Josh Hokit, with Topuria astatine 1 constituent asking the UFC to crook his microphone off.
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