Quote from: TopTort777 on June 26, 2025, 01:32:22 PM

People talk how Oliveira takes damage, how Topuria would knock him down. Catch counter argument Cheesy

Topuria is good on hands, but not so good on kicking, has a bjj black belt. You know who is also very good at boxing and has black belt in bjj, but is much bigger than Topuria? Dustin Poirier. That guy is the same good puncher as Topuria. How many guys he has sent to sleep by his fists. Oliveira ate Poirier punches, countered his boxing and choked him. Additionally Topuria has little experience of fighting 3-5 rounds. Not sure Topuria is ready to counter exhausting ground and close range attacks, and try to get up from a guy who is heavier and taller.

C'mon guys, Topuria isn't that small. Believe it or not, Arman Tsarukyan and Ilia Topura are the same height, both of them are 5'7 (170 cm). Ilia looks small but that just visually appears like that because of his build. Dustin Poirier is 5'9 (175 cm). There is only 5cm difference between them and I think, that's not much (by the way, Dustin is one of my favorite fighter). I would fly to the US to see Dustin VS Ilia.

Quote from: OgNasty on Today at 06:28:09 AM

Watch this interaction between Topuria and Charles Oliveira. It is like they already know that Oliveira is going to lose.

https://x.com/champrds/status/1938391544031039529

This interaction only shows that Ilia tries to be Conor McGregor but he isn't but anyways, he is a very good fighter. I also think that Ilia is going to win but Charles shouldn't be underestimated. To my mind, fight is very lucky based sport. One lucky punch and you are gone, one small mistake and you are gone. It can happen to anybody at any moment.

Quote from: TopTort777 on Today at 07:11:31 AM

I dont think its easy to break Oliveira mentally and make him surrender before the fight.

There is no way Ilia breaks Oliveira mentally. He is a very bad trash talker, you can feel that he forces himself to trash talk.

Quote from: TopTort777 on Today at 07:11:31 AM

Topuria instead should be worrier. New division, he is under pressure due hype and his talks.

Everyone is under pressure during the fight but everyone tries to hide it. But it's clear that Topuria puts himself under a huge pressure. That's a very good plan for him.