Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev dispute White House fight cancellation

Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev have publicly disagreed about who caused their planned White House event fight to fall through. Topuria claimed he was told hours before the announcement that he would fight Makhachev, but was later informed Makhachev got injured and he would face Gaethje instead. Makhachev countered that he agreed to the fight when offered, but was told the next day that Topuria requested an enormous purse and was denied, with even Topuria's manager allegedly confirming this version. The post also mentions that Jorge Masvidal and Orion Cosce picked Strickland over Chimaev, that Du Plessis named Adesanya as most technical opponent but didn't consider his Chimaev bout a real fight, and that UFC 327 fighters have collected 92 bonuses total. The conflicting accounts leave the truth unclear about what actually prevented the matchup.