Ilia Topuria continued to promise that Charles Oliveira will be the victim of devastating violence at UFC 317.
Topuria is only a few days away from his chance to become a member of the Club or Two-Division Champions on the largest stage of Mixed Martial Arts.
The Spaniard already achieved titles success in featherweight, where Topuria Alexander Volkanovski eliminated to win the belt before defending him against Max Holloway in a similar brutal way.
'El Matador' is now set to an immediate shot at Glory in his return to lightweight, while Topuria Oliveira fights in the UFC 317 headliner for the vacant belt of 155 pounds.
Against a man who has suffered a lot of knockdowns in the UFC, the ex-Feverweight King does not expect to need much bumps to do the trick on 28 June.
Ilia Topuria expects that simple combination will sleep Charles Oliveira on UFC 317
Topuria recently viewed an example of his International Fight Week -Showdown with Oliveira during an interview with Simon Head for UFC.com.
The always confident Spaniard has never been removed from expressing his high self -confidence, and that trend continued in the run -up to UFC 317.
“From the first second he will feel the speed and strength,” said Topuria about Oliveira. “He is going to look for the Takedowns and for the ground game. But I think it will be very, very quickly, because I will finish it in the first two or three minutes.
“He has done great things in the sport. I respect him as a sportsman. As a human being he seems to be a nice guy. But we are going to fight. And if we compete with each other, I go everything in it. Be careful!”
He then gave a simple prediction for how he will send Oliveira unconscious to the canvas.
“Jab, Jab, one-two, and it's over!”
Ilia Topuria's brutal undefeated run for UFC 317
Oliveira is not only instructed to do what nobody has done by beating Topuria in MMA, but very few have even survived the power of the 28-year-old.
So far, only Youssef Zalal and Josh Emmett have reached the scorecards against 'El Matador' in the UFC. While the Moroccan did not hand him a debut decision loss, Topuria Emmett dominated all the time to earn his title shot.
And two of Topuria's most devastating knockouts were at the expense of Legends Alkanovski and Holloway in 2024.
Result ponent methodwinmax hollowaykowinalexander Volkanovskikowinjosh EmmettDecisionwinbryce MitchellSubmissionwinjai Herbertkowinryan Hallkowindamon JacksonkowinyouSsef Zalaldesion
'El Matador' will now hope to add the name of Oliveira to his list of victims and block the plan of fan favorite Brazilian to start a second stint on the lightweight throne of the UFC.