Charles Oliveira is set to face Ilia Topuria in a lightweight title fight at UFC 317 on June 28. Coach Diego Lima highlighted that their training camp is thoroughly focused on Topuria's style, employing sparring partners that mirror Topuria's size and emphasizing boxing to enhance their strategy. While Lima couldn't collaborate with fellow fighter Jean Silva for this preparation, he expressed admiration for Silva's talent. Lima acknowledged the considerable fan engagement surrounding the fight, including detailed analyses from fans. He downplayed Topuria's aggressive promotional claims as part of the fight promotion rhetoric.
We are very focused on Topuria. We are using several sparring partners who are his size. We invested a lot in boxing training for this fight considering Topuria's firepower.
I really like Jean Silva, he knows that. I was really happy that he offered, but the fight was actually arranged at the last minute.
We received messages from all over the world; there was an American fan who did an absurd study in Artificial Intelligence about the fighters.
I think it's part of the promotion. Ab...
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