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Ilia Topuria Makes Case for Being UFC's Pound-for-Pound Best with First-Round KO of Charles Oliveira
- Ilia Topuria captured the vacant UFC lightweight championship by knocking out Charles Oliveira in the first round during the main event held in Las Vegas on June 28, 2025.
- Topuria moved up to the 155-pound division after Islam Makhachev vacated the belt by moving to welterweight, while Oliveira was stripped of the title in May 2022 for missing weight.
- Topuria executed a precise game plan using many jabs and a right hand to set up a left hook knockout at 2:27 of round one, ending Oliveira's first KO/TKO loss since 2017.
- Topuria explained that he followed their strategy perfectly, using a combination of punches that quickly ended the fight, while Dana White remarked that this event marked a major breakthrough for him.
- Topuria became the first undefeated two-division UFC champion with a 17-0 record, solidifying his rise while Oliveira faces a long road back to contention.
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The Spaniard became a lightweight champion last Saturday.
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Ilia Topuria landed a right hook on Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 that left the Brazilian former world champion's eyes wide open.
Stunning UFC knockout: Spanish fighter knocks his opponent unconscious | UFC | Ilia Topuria | Charles Oliveira
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