Ilia Topuria was warned about the dangers of confronted with Charles Oliveira by Joe Rogan, months before his UFC 317 title fight was announced.
Last Tuesday UFC boss Dana White made a huge announcement when he revealed that Islam Makhachev left his UFC light weight title to become the Welterweight champion.
And with that it was announced that Ilia Topuria will compete against Charles Oliveira for the empty 155 pound title on UFC 317 in a monumental fight.
Not long after, Topuria responded to the news and claimed that Makhachev 'walked away' from their potential superfight after he had admitted several times that he did not want to fight 'El Matador'.
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Ilia Topuria warned of Charles Oliveira's danger by Joe Rogan
Topuria and 'Do Bronx' Oliveira Quarrel have been having online for several months now, because it became clear that if Makhachev moved to £ 170, that the matchup would be made.
And while conversations about a potential fight between Topuria and the former lightweight champion took place, the Spaniard was warned about the danger of the Brazilian by UFC legend, Joe Rogan.
“Ilia is just so f— —— Dangerous. He is also so technical, the way he is bobs and weaving and in it, he is so comfortable with his head movement, he is a step ahead,” said Rogan during an episode of his fighting companion.
“I love Topuria vs Oliveira. Oliveira is so long and so dangerous everywhere (although) (he would have a) huge advantage. Those (light weights) are really big, huge,” Rogan continued.
Charles Oliveira wants to bring the belt back to Brazil
Fans have called to get 'Do Bronx' a title shot since he lost the belt to Makhakev in 2022.
Since then, however, he has only picked up two wins at Beneil Dariush and Michael Chandler and lost at that time against Arman Tsarukyan.
Tsarukyan might be able to get rid of it by missing the title, but he was told by Dana White that he would have to come back to his way after he had withdrawn from his title fight against Makhachev just a day of UFC 311.
When responding to the news that he would fight against 'El Matador' for the empty title, Oliveira begged that he would bring the belt back to 'where it should never have left'.