Boxing star Ryan Garcia is the latest to taunt Ilia Topuria following the now-former UFC champion\u2019s first career loss.<\/p>\n
Now-former UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria\u2019s first title defense resulted in a stunning upset against Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250. After a dominant run of knockouts inside the Octagon, Topuria got a taste of his own medicine, losing to Gaethje by TKO (corner stoppage) in the UFC Freedom 250 main event.<\/p>\n
Since suffering his first career loss, Topuria has heard from many of his longtime adversaries, including boxing legend Terence Crawford and UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev. Topuria previously teased potential crossover fights against the likes of Shakur Stevenson, Ryan Garcia, and Crawford before falling to Gaethje on Sunday.<\/p>\n
After watching Topuria\u2019s performance, Garcia didn\u2019t let his defeat go unaddressed. Garcia blames Topuria\u2019s overconfidence for his loss to Gaethje.<\/p>\n
Ryan Garcia: Ilia Topuria\u2019s \u2018ego\u2019 led to shocking loss at UFC Freedom 250<\/p>\n
In a recent live stream on Kick<\/a>, Garcia got the last laugh in his recent feud with Topuria.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cIlia, I told you, pride comes before the fall,\u201d Garcia said of Topuria.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was too cocky, overlooked his opponent like crazy and he got humbled. Simply how it is. I think he\u2019s the better fighter than Gaethje, but he decided to let his pride get before him. He thought he was beating me, Terence Crawford, even said something about Canelo at one point that he could box him one day.<\/p>\n \u201cThis guy\u2019s head was out of this world!\u201d Garcia continued on Topuria. \u201cHe was going crazy on everybody, and that\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n This is far from the first time that Topuria and Garcia have traded barbs in recent months<\/a>. After Topuria called out Garcia for a potential boxing match, Garcia pushed Topuria to \u2018stay in his lane\u2019, as echoed by Stevenson and Crawford in recent months.<\/p>\n