Topuria suffered the first loss of his professional career against Gaethje by forfeit
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title at
UFC Freedom 250 in June. Topuria has since sought a rematch. But Abdelaziz rejected this possibility.
Ali Abdelaziz says Justin Gaethje has nothing to gain from an immediate Ilia Topuria rematch
Speaking to Submission Radio, Abdelaziz emphasized that Topuria has no right to demand an immediate rematch. He further claimed that Gaethje just has the Georgian-Spaniard’s number and will beat him again if they run it back.
“He’s not fighting Justin Gaethje next,” Abdelaziz said. “He doesn’t call. Only one man used to do that, and his name is Conor McGregor and he’s not Conor McGregor. Nobody is. He was the favorite because everyone thought he was better than Justin. I believe Justin Gaethje will beat him nine times out of ten. Do you know why? Justin has his number. I don’t think he can beat Justin Gaethje. He thinks he can, and he should think he can. He came close to beating Justin Gaethje, but he didn’t. After all, this fight will never happen. I can tell you this: Justin Gaethje has no chance of beating Ilia Topuria again.
Abdelaziz Topuria then addressed the claim that there was something unusual about Gaethje’s gloves during their fight.
“If he wants to say that he had rocks in his gloves, that’s a compliment to Justin Gaethje; how hard he hits,” Abdelaziz said. “I’m not offended because the Las Vegas Commission was there, the DC Commission was there,
Andy Foster California was there. He had three commissions watching over the gloves. But he said that () during Armani’s fight week to take away the hype from Armani and Luffy. That’s what Conor used to do and he did a good job. He ended up in the media.”
