In less than a month, Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira will be confronted in a hugely empty lightweight title fight on International Fight Week.
After the shock light weight of Islam Makhachev, Dana White announced that Ilia Topuria is taking on Charles Oliveira for the vacant belt in the UFC 317 Main Event on International Fight Week.
In anticipation of their blockbuster meeting, Topuria has made a huge change in his Vechtkamp, saying goodbye to his old coaches, The Climent Brothers.
And with that the Spaniard has received some help from boxing legend, Roy Jones JR, who offered to join his camp and to be his boxing trainer.
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Topuria asks fans to decide the fate of Oliveira on UFC 317
'El Matador' is generally considered the best boxer in the UFC after scoring back-to-back knockout victories on both Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway.
Topuria has always been one of the most self -assured hunters of the new generation, who predicted some of his knockout profits on earlier occasions.
The 28-year-old recently shared a video of him who practiced a number of boxing combinations on the pads with his trainer, as a result of which fans predicted a different vicious knockout victory.
Nevertheless, 'Do Bronx' Oliveira is one of the best grapplers in the UFC history and it is believed that it has a large struggling advantage over the Spaniard.
In another video that was placed on his social media on Tuesday, Topuria has asked fans to decide the fate of the Brazilian, with his gripping skills.
“What do you prefer to submit, or to hit him?” Topuria asked the fans to decide.
Sean O'Malley gives his opinion about the UFC 317 Main Event
Before UFC 317, however, fans are lucky to have a blockbuster UFC 316 card next Saturday, with the head of Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O'Malley 2.
O'Malley and Topuria have argued historically online, and at some point it seemed as if the two would eventually clash in the UFC Octagon.
For his fight this Saturday, however, Sean O'Malley offered his thoughts about the Main Event of UFC 317, which explains that his head and heart see a different result.
“That is one where your heart tells you that Charles and your brain tells you that Ilia, that you are a coin flip, cannot count Charles, Ilia is on an absolute tear. Charles is hit and Ilia cracks who fight are very excited,” O'Malley told Shakmma.