Charles Oliveira will be paying close attention to the upcoming lightweight title fight between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n
Gaethje defeated<\/a> Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324 on Saturday to set up a unification fight against Topuria later this year. It will be a highly anticipated fight, and Oliveira is looking forward to it as he believes either of them could get knocked out.<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t give any advice to Justin if he faces Topuria next, because it\u2019s a very similar fight. They\u2019re both fighters who look for the fight and want the knockout,\u201d Oliveira said<\/a> to CasinoBeats. \u201cJustin doesn\u2019t have a plan B. His plan is to move forward and land shots. He\u2019s a brawler. And on the other side, Topuria is also a brawler, hits hard, and has heavy hands. It would be a fight you can\u2019t blink in, because either one could land and get the knockout.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, I made a lot of mistakes in that fight [against Topuria], and I lost. I think the right path is to apply pressure, to work, to strike on the feet, but always closing the distance, trying to take him down. That would be the key: pressure from start to finish, landing shots, taking him down, keeping him on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n Charles Oliveira expects Ilia Topuria to beat Justin Gaethje<\/p>\n Although Oliveira believes Topuria and Gaethje could both knock each other out, he does lean towards the champ getting the win.<\/p>\n