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Ilia Topuria claimed he went to sleep knowing he would fight Islam Makhachev at the White House event, only to be told hours before the announcement that Makhachev was injured and he would face Justin Gaethje instead. Topuria stated he doesn't know why Makhachev doesn't want to fight him and called him "strange." Makhachev responded that he's tired of lies from Topuria's team, claiming he agreed to the fight but was told the next day that Topuria requested a huge fee and was denied. A fan commenting at 4 AM suggested it was manager Ali Abdelaziz posting, to which Makhachev's account replied "Today it's not him," implying Makhachev himself was responding. The conflicting accounts leave the true reason for the fight's collapse unclear.
AgentMMA.com
