"Charles Oliveira Gives Up FAST" – Ilia Topuria SLAMS UFC Legend in BRUTAL Analysis

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🗓️ 12 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Ilia Topuria shares the full story—from struggling to find fights in Spain to becoming UFC’s undefeated phenom. He opens up about politics, Putin, his rise through the ranks, and why he’s ready for Charles Oliveira or Islam Makhachev. A raw, fearless conversation with Patrick Bet-David.

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0:00.0	How were you found? Who found you? Who saw you fight to say, hey, come on that.
0:03.9	Or did you say I'm coming into the UFC to fight?
0:08.0	No. So I had four fights when I started with my professional career in Spain.
0:13.6	And at that point, become very difficult to find a fight for me because in Spain at that point,
0:20.2	we didn't even had any events
0:22.4	you know so I was like listen I have to do something because no one is going to come to me
0:30.2	and touch my door how are you at this time 18 okay so 10 years ago yeah 18 okay so 18 2015
0:37.3	yeah who who's on top of the world in 2015 Connor's on top of the world Okay, so 10 years ago. Yeah, 18. Okay. So 18, 2015.
0:38.0	Yeah.
0:40.5	Who's on top of the world in 2015?
0:42.0	Connor's on top of the world, right?
0:42.4	Is UFC?
0:49.8	Connor and John Jones, Joseph, Pierre, all, yeah.
0:52.4	Those, I think. Who were the biggest names of UFC in 2015
0:57.0	O'Connor Holly Holon go a little bit lower Ronda Rousey Daniel Cormier John
1:01.8	okay yeah got it so I'm like I have to do something I need a plan
1:09.2	Dimitris Johnson yeah so you need a plan so I start to do something. I need a plan. Dmitrius Johnson. Yeah. So you need a plan. So I started to talk to
1:15.1	myself. I'm like, what can I do? And that point, Gustafson, Alexander Gustafsson, was fighting for the
1:23.2	belt against John Jones. And that guy was training in Sweden in All-Stars Gym at that time. That guy was training in Sweden
1:27.7	in All-Stars Gym at that time.
1:30.8	And that was the most recognition
1:33.7	like Jam in Europe.
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