""I love Justin and I want him to win. I want him to get that belt, that fairytale ending for his career. But God dang, Ilia has just been murdering all the legends of the sport. And I'm very depressed by this matchup happening.""
""Who would have thought? - To take out Volk, to take out Max, to take out Charles. I would have much rather seen Ilia and Islam. That way I could at least be happy with him beating a Dagestani guy finally.""
""I think I will be depressed, just like I was when I saw him fight Charles. We immediately turned the fight off. And then everybody was sitting in silence for a while. I think this will be kind of that same thing.""
Chase Hooper expresses concern over the matchup between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje. He hopes Gaethje wins for a fairytale ending to his career but doubts it due to Topuria's impressive track record. Topuria has defeated notable fighters like Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway, and Charles Oliveira. Hooper preferred a matchup between Topuria and Islam Makhachev instead. He anticipates feeling depressed watching the fight, similar to his reaction during Topuria's fight with Oliveira.
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