Before Dana White locked in the UFC 324 main event, Ilia Topuria stood as the clear frontrunner to headline the card. However, there wasn’t any real green light from the promotion about ‘El Matador’ becoming the star to kickstart their Paramount+ journey. So, the idea of the 155 lbs king stepping in for January remained nothing more than speculation. But Joe Rogan’s friend recently revealed that it wasn’t the case.

At the end of last month, Ilia Topuria announced that he wouldn’t fight in the first quarter of next year. With the champion out of the picture for a while, Gaethje and Pimblett are set to fight for the interim belt to determine who’s gonna face Topuria next. However, according to Joe Rogan’s friend and former UFC fighter Brendan Schaub , the UFC’s original plan was to pu

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