Charles Oliveira could have a bad night against Ilia Topuria on UFC 317.
This week, UFC gave lightweight Islam Makhachev on his belt on the pursuit of Welterweight gold against champion Jack della Maddalena.
As a result, former Champs Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira remain to fight for the empty title in the newly announced UFC 317 Main Event on 28 June in Las Vegas.
Topuria wants to improve to 17-0 after making the leap of the featherweight division, while Oliveira tries to regain the title that he was stripped of in 2022.
The next lightweight title fight is one of the most intriguing matchups we have seen in recent memory; Topuria is known to beat his opponents out of the cold, and Oliveira for tapping them through entry.
In his last two fights, Topuria UFC title holders Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway outdoors, which caused a former champion about the Kin van Oliveira.
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Aljamain Sterling says that Charles Oliveira is dropped almost every fight
Oliveira is perhaps the biggest submission artist in the UFC, but the ability of the Brazilian to take a blow is sometimes questioned.
'Do Bronx' was dropped in four of his last seven fights and has lost four times in his career by TKO. Oliveira was also injured by the bumps of Michael Chandler in his most recent performance at UFC 309 in November.
Aljamain Sterling, one of the largest Bantam weights of all time, loves Topuria's opportunities to crack Oliveira's Kin at UFC 317.
“Oliveira is dropped every fight,” said Sterling on the weekly leftovers.
“Just about every fight … With that said, we know that Ilia Topuria can crack. We dropped him earlier by Jai Herbert. [to KO him]. That was the first time he fought at 155.
'[Topuria] Says that he feels better at 155. His strength is much different at 155. We know that he could crack at the age of 45. [How] Will that power translate into 155?
'If he could touch Charles as he touches everyone, I think it's a bad night [for Oliveira]… Ilia is a dichotomy champion. “
Aljamain Sterling is preferred Ilia Topuria: “Who stops this guy?”
In addition to the power of Topuria, Sterling says that the struggle of Oliveira also leaves a 'big question mark' about how the title fight takes place.
Sterling stated that nobody forced the struggle with Topuria since Bryce Mitchell in 2022, the newest entry from Topuria.
Of course Mitchell is not Charles Oliveira, who has the most entry victories in the UFC history at the age of 16.
“This is a difficult one,” said Sterling when choosing a winner in Topuria versus Oliveira.
“I love Ilia in this.
“It's hard to count Do Bronx. Do Bronx is, I still think:” He is him “. But then I said that about Max [Holloway]. I said that about people. I am not saying that those guys would win against Ilia, but you say those guys are still 'them', and then Ilia goes out and does that with them …
“You're so, f—. Who stops this guy?” Sterling said of Topuria.
Although he is now more known for his boxing, Topuria started at the start of his career with seven consecutive entry and has a background in Greek-Roman struggles