Ilia Topuria shares form phrases with UFC 317 opponent Charles Oliveira
Curiously, Oliveira and Topuria had been in a position to talk a bit.
Being from Brazil, Oliveira speaks Portuguese. Topuria, in the meantime, speaks a number of languages. That doesn’t embody Portuguese, however he does communicate fluent Spanish, which is sort of just like the official language of Brazil.
That allowed Topuria to share some form phrases together with his upcoming opponent.
“That’s how our sport is,” he stated. “It’s by no means private. Everybody’s simply preventing for his or her desires”
Topuria and Oliveira are two of the perfect fighters within the UFC at current. Topuria is undefeated. He’s the previous UFC featherweight champion, having received the belt with a knockout of Alexander Volkanovski final 12 months. He by no means truly misplaced his belt, and as an alternative vacated it to maneuver as much as light-weight after knocking out Max Holloway.
Oliveira is the previous UFC light-weight champion. He received the vacant belt with a knockout of Michael Chandler in 2022. He defended the belt as soon as after a submission of Dustin Poirier. He then misplaced the belt after lacking weight for a struggle with Justin Gaethje. After beating Gaethje, he met Makhachev for the vacant belt. He misplaced by submission, however has since 2-1, sandwiching a loss to Arman Tsarukyan between wins over Beneil Dariush and Michael Chandler.
