Ilia Topuria has a phrase of warning for Charles Oliveira.
This Saturday, June 28, Topuria will make his light-weight debut contained in the Octagon. After working his manner up the featherweight division, capturing the 145-pound crown through a sensational second-round knockout in opposition to Alexander Volkanovski, ‘El Matador’ will look to overcome one other weight class when he meets Oliveira for the vacant light-weight world championship at UFC 317 throughout Worldwide Struggle Week in Las Vegas.
Boasting an ideal 16-0 document, eight wins coming contained in the Octagon, together with highlight-reel KOs in opposition to Ryan Corridor, Bryce Mitchell, and Max Holloway, Topuria has confirmed time and time once more that his elite-level boxing and lights-out energy are highly effective sufficient to place out among the finest names within the sport.
He’ll look to show it once more when he meets ‘Do Bronx’ on MMA’s largest stage and produce one other title belt house to Spain.
“If I damage him, he’s not going to have the possibility to come back again as a result of my energy is totally totally different than the opposite guys you talked about earlier than,” Topuria stated of Oliveira throughout a current interview with MMA Junkie.
Ilia Topuria Predicts first-round end in opposition to Oliveira
Regardless of going through probably the most prolific finisher in Final Combating Championship historical past, Ilia Topuria is nonetheless assured that he’ll get the job completed at UFC 317.
“I’m going to complete him within the first spherical,” Topuria stated on The Ariel Helwani Present. “He walks ahead — that is all I would like. The time that it takes me to knock out my opponents is the time that it takes me to shut the space, as a result of they run away. They run, they transfer facet to facet, and as soon as I shut the space and I’m going with my mixtures, I knock them out.
“However with Charles, I’m not going to want to shut the space as a result of he walks ahead. That is all I have to take his lights out. Simply attempt to keep in the course of the Octagon. Simply attempt to try this, and also you’re not going to see me coming.”
Oliveira has completed 20 of his 23 profession wins contained in the Octagon, 16 by the use of submission and 4 through KO/TKO.
