Charles is a foot on the gas type fighter. I see this and his experience being a huge factor in this fight.
They did for the 2nd but Charles ended it in the 2nd in the 1st fight. Me personally max is to old to be cutting the amount of weight he does. I think it played a factor into that beating he took bc max is notorious for his iron chin. Max can't cut 40 pounds like he use to.
Valid, it's a great fight.
Despite how imposing his stand up may be, Olivera is susceptible to getting chinned and that's Topuria's bread and butter. Islam dropped him, Chandler dropped him, I think a 155 Topuria is gonna hit with greater KO precision than anyone else in the division by far.
If Olives can manage to get Topuria backing up, that's probably the beginning of his path to victory. His only chance imo is to hurt him on the feet and snatch the sub - Olivera isn't taking him down.
This post was edited by Decarnate on Jun 11 2025 08:24pm