Former light-weight champion Charles Oliveira may have the chance to change into a two-time titleholder when he takes on former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria for the vacant 155-pound title on June 28.
Oliveira (35-10, 1 NC) and Topuria (16-0) meet within the UFC 317 major occasion at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas throughout the UFC’s annual Worldwide Combat Week.
“It is an important battle. He is an important fighter, however I needn’t show something to anybody about who I’m, what I’ve achieved, what I’ve achieved within the battle enterprise. The battle got here at an enormous alternative. I’ll knockout this man. That is for actual,” Oliveira informed Full Violence.
“I do know he is a man who hits laborious, however he is speaking concerning the light-weight class, the more durable class. I fought in opposition to Justin Gaethje and everybody stated he was the man who hit more durable and once I did, he went down,” continued Oliveira. “I consider within the energy of fireside within the fingers that I’ve, so let’s wait. On the twenty eighth, we’ll meet.”
Topuria relinquished the 145-pound championship to pursue a championship within the light-weight division. He’ll enter the battle with Oliveira coming off knockout wins over featherweight greats Alexander Volkanvoski and Max Holloway.
