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Quote from: Synchronice on June 27, 2025, 01:57:54 PM

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.

Yup.. Can't wait for this match to start. Oliveria took damage from Chandler and almost got finished in the first round. I think the kind of damage he'll get from Topiria will get him out like Volk and Holloway did both of who aren't known to get finished.

Anyway, here's the ceremonial weigh ins!! LFG. This gonna be good. I think Tsarukyan is next after Oliveria. With a win against him, there's gonna be no question in Topuria's reign unless Makhachev comes back.

Tsarukyan will definitely be next, regardless of who wins. But this fight against him would be more interesting to watch against Oliveira, precisely because he has lost in the past and has this new chance of winning. I think this context is more interesting than a fight against Topuria.