Ilia Topuria Vs. Charles Oliveira Preview

Ilia Topuria fights Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 on June 28 for the vacant UFC Lightweight Title as we preview this upcoming fight. 

The belt became vacant after Islam Makhachev moved up to welterweight to pursue a second belt. Topuria moved up to lightweight after vacating his featherweight title, which he had acquired by stopping Alexander Volkanovski. Topuria made one defense of the belt with a stoppage win over Max Holloway in his last bout. Oliveira gets the chance to reclaim the belt which he lost to Islam. He enters the bout with a win against Michael Chandler at UFC 309. Topuria has said he would be open to moving up to welterweight to win a belt, meaning he must get past Charles first. 

“Charles is not going to have any advantage. I’m a very complete fighter. I can go everywhere and you’re not going to feel comfortable in any place. I’m going to be dominating all the time. I don’t play anyone’s game, I make them play my game. That’s why I’m undefeated and he’s not. He has 10 losses, I have zero. I respect him but I’m going to try to take his head off and you all know that I’m going to do it,” Topuria said

“He has definitely not treated me with the same respect. I don’t know (why). He’s been saying a lot, but the fact of the matter is we’re going to find out on June 28. Everyone knows who the real champion is. I just want to win. It’s meant to be. It’s already written,” Oliveira said

Main Card 

Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira

Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Kara-France

Brandon Royval vs. Joshua Van

Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano

Payton Talbott vs. Felipe Lima

Preliminary Card 

Jack Hermansson vs. Gregory Rodrigues

Hyder Amil vs. Jose Delgado

Viviane Araujo vs. Tracy Cortez

Terrance McKinney vs. Viacheslav Borshchev

Sedriques Dumas vs. Jackson McVey

Jhonata Diniz vs. Alvin Hines

Niko Price vs. Jacobe Smith

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