Ilia Topuria KO’s Charles Oliveira for vacant title at UFC 317

Las Vegas – Ilia Topuria said he was going to knock Charles Oliveira in the first round of their Light Title Vacant fight at UFC 317, but it was always a shock to look at him.

Topuria (17-0) became the 10th two-weight champion in UFC history on Saturday when he eliminated Oliveira at 2:27 of the first round. Topuria connected to a short right of the oliveira chin and followed with a left hook. The second blow was just the icing on the cake, because Oliveira was already going down from the initial punch.

From both weight champions in the history of the UFC, Topuria is the first to claim several belts while retaining an undefeated record.

“I have already said it,” said Topuria, who even organized a preventive festive dinner on Friday in anticipation of victory. “I represent the new era of mixed martial arts. This is the following level of the game.”

Immediately after the Topuria victory, the UFC did not waste time bringing Paddy Pimbett into the conversation. Pimbett, the light weight n ° 8 of Liverpool, in England, was cages in T-Mobile Arena. Pimbelett and Topuria have a story in 2021, when Topuria was offended to the comments that Pimbett made on the Russian-Georgian war 2008. Topuria, of Spain, is of Georgian origin.

Pimbett even entered the cage to compete with Topuria. Earlier this week, Topuria told ESPN that he wanted to fight Pimbett in his first title defense, preferably in Las Vegas.

“If he thinks he is ready, go. You blonde B —-“, said Topuria.

Even the promotional consequences were not enough to overshadow the spectacular performance of Topuria. He fought several attempts from Oliveira to drop out and drop him. When Oliveira managed to trip it halfway up on the ground, Topuria reversed the position in a rush and found itself above the submission specialist.

Saturday’s victory extends what has become one of the biggest races in MMA history. Topuria has now eliminated three big ones of all time, including former featherweight champions Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway. In addition to targeting Pimbett, Topuria fixed the former light champion Islam Makhachev, who left her belt last month in anticipation of a transition to Welter weights.