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Beneil Dariush believes Ilia Topuria deliberately chose to fight Justin Gaethje instead of Islam Makhachev for strategic reasons. According to Dariush, Topuria did not have a clear plan for how to defeat Makhachev, which influenced his decision-making. Dariush suggests Topuria viewed the Gaethje matchup as both a lucrative payday and a tactically simpler fight to prepare for. He argues that developing a gameplan for Gaethje is much more straightforward than crafting one to beat Makhachev.
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