{"id":912047,"date":"2026-10-01T08:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912047\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T08:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:58:08","slug":"topuria-returns-to-training-ahead-of-first-fight-since-gaethje-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912047\/","title":{"rendered":"Topuria Returns To Training Ahead Of First Fight Since Gaethje Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ilia Topuria has resumed full training after receiving medical clearance following his first career loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250 in June.<\/p>\n<p>Topuria suffered significant facial injuries before his corner stopped the fight after the fourth round, handing Gaethje the TKO win and undisputed <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/lightweight\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lightweight<\/a> title. No opponent or return date has been set, though Topuria has called for an immediate rematch, while a long-standing rivalry with Paddy Pimblett remains another possible option. Gaethje, meanwhile, has named <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/arman-tsarukyan\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arman Tsarukyan<\/a> as the frontrunner for his first title defense if he decides to continue fighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ilia Topuria has resumed full training after receiving medical clearance following his first career loss to Justin Gaethje&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-912047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}