Charles Oliveira sees Ilia Topuria because the clear choose within the UFC White Home predominant occasion, arguing that Topuria’s method provides him the sting over Justin Gaethje’s brawling model. That opinion is price listening to as a result of as ‘Oliveira ‘Do Bronx’ has shared the cage with each males, submitting Gaethje at UFC 274 after which dropping to Topuria by first-round knockout of their 2025 light-weight title struggle.
Charles Oliveira backs Ilia Topuria in White Home headliner
In an unique interview with LowKick MMA, with the assistance of CasinoHawks, Oliveira mentioned:
“Everybody retains asking me about it. They’re two guys who hit laborious, two guys who commit themselves, two nice fighters. However in my opinion, Topuria has a significantly better probability of successful. He’s a way more technical fighter than Gaethje. Gaethje is a brawler, he’s there for a tear-up. Topuria is a man who hunts the knockout, he chases the knockout. So I consider he wins.”
The struggle Oliveira was discussing is without doubt one of the UFC’s largest bulletins of 2026. UFC CEO Dana White confirmed that Topuria will defend his light-weight title in opposition to interim champion Gaethje in the primary occasion of the White Home card, scheduled for June 14 in Washington, D.C. as a part of the America 250 celebration. The bout is a title unification struggle, with Topuria getting into because the undisputed champion and Gaethje bringing the interim belt he gained earlier this yr in opposition to Paddy Pimblett.
Oliveira’s view stands out as a result of he has current expertise with every man. He beat Gaethje by first-round rear-naked choke at UFC 274 on Might 7, 2022, in a struggle the place each males scored knockdowns earlier than Oliveira discovered the end at 3:22 of Spherical 1. Three years later, Oliveira fought Topuria for the vacant light-weight title at UFC 317, and Topuria stopped him at 2:27 of the opening spherical to turn out to be a two-division UFC champion.
In line with ‘Do Bronx’, each males are harmful, but when the White Home headliner turns into a firefight, he believes the cleaner and extra technical puncher is the yet another prone to go away with the belt. He’s selecting the Spanish-Georgian.
