The previous UFC title holder does not suppose that Saturday night time can be a superb finish to Charles Oliveira.
Oliveira faces Ilia Topreia for the vacant UFC light-weight championship. The title battle can be headlined for UFC 317 in Las Vegas on Saturday. When the battle begins, Islamic Makachev formally abandons £155 in gold.
Forward of Combat Evening, one former champion admits that he has no option to win “Do Bronx.”
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Robert Whitaker does not like Charles Oliveira’s possibilities
Within the new version of the “Mmarcade Podcast,” Robert Whittaker stated he does not suppose “Do Bronx” may stand up to the barrage of Ilia Topuria introduced (through Mmajunkie) nearly as good as Charles Oliveira.
“The Ilia is a weapon,” Whittaker stated. “What he did (Alexander Volkanovsky) and what he did to Max (Holloway), two greatest featherweights – Volk is the perfect featherweight starched two legends of the game. Textbook – Ilia likes to discard and transfer inside, sliding punches, he does not look carefully at soiled boxing.
Topuria has risen from Oliveira’s acquainted territory, the featherweight division. There was a time when “Do Bronx” competed for 145 kilos earlier than he made the largest run of his skilled MMA profession on Light-weight. Some wonder if adjustments in weight class can have a detrimental impact on Topuria, however Whitaker does not suppose it’ll.
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