Ilia Touria has a warning to Charles Oliveira.
This Saturday, June twenty eighth, Topuria will make its light-weight debut inside The Octagon. After working up the featherweight division, he received the 145-pound crown through a sensational second-round knockout in opposition to Alexander Volkanovsky, “El Matador” tries to beat one other weight class when he meets Oliveira on the vacant light-weight world championship at UFC 317 at Worldwide Fight Week in Las Vegas.
Topria, who boasts an ideal 16-0 report with eight wins within the Octagon, together with spotlight reel costumes in opposition to Ryan Corridor, Bryce Mitchell and Max Holloway, has confirmed many occasions that his elite-level boxing and light-out energy is powerful sufficient to make the very best title within the recreation.
When he meets “Do Bronx” on MMA’s largest stage and brings one other title belt again to Spain, he tries to show it once more.
“If I damage him, he is not going to have an opportunity to come back again as a result of he is utterly completely different from the others you talked about earlier,” Topuria stated of Oliveira in a current interview with MMA Junkie.
Ilia Topuria predicts first spherical end in opposition to Oliveira
Regardless of dealing with essentially the most prolific finishers within the historical past of the Final Preventing Championship, Ilia Topuria is assured she is going to get the job performed at UFC 317.
“I’ll end him within the first spherical,” Topria stated on the Ariel Helwani present. “He strikes ahead – that is all I want, the time it takes to knock out an enemy is the time it takes to shut the gap as a result of he runs away.
“However with Charles, you do not have to shut the far as he strikes ahead. That is all the things it’s essential to do away with his lights. Simply try to keep in the course of the octagon. Strive doing that.
Oliveira submitted 20 of his 23 profession wins inside Octagon with 16 and completed 4 through KO/TKO.
