Daniel Cormier a fan of Gaethje taking shots at Topuria before UFC Freedom 250
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Justin Gaethje is starting to spice things up with his trash talk towards Ilia Topuria – and Daniel Cormier loves it.
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Gaethje (27-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) took aim at Topuria's divorce ahead of their lightweight title-unification bout at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14 from the White House in Washington D.C. (Paramount+).
Heavy favorite Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) has made some bold predictions, which has started to irk Gaethje and get a reaction out of him.
"I always like when there is trash talk accompanying a fight– especially a championship fight and especially a fight of that magnitude where you have the greatest backdrop for any fight in the history of the sport, the White House – where you have two championship fights in front of what will be the biggest fan audience that we have ever seen in mixed martial arts," Cormier said on his YouTube channel.
"You need to have those things that surround the fight that make the general fan go, 'I've got to see this.' I get it: The White House is going to draw a lot of people in that might not have been before. But to see now that the pleasantries aren't as evident as they might have been before, I like it. I like the storylines. I liked when I saw Ilia Topuria get mad because Josh Hokit was going crazy on Alex Pereira. I liked that press conference because I am a fan of this thing."
Cormier knows a thing or two about building a fight. The former two-division UFC champion engaged in one of the biggest rivalries in company history with Jon Jones after they competed in two title fights.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Daniel Cormier starting to like storylines behind Topuria vs. Gaethje