{"id":30308,"date":"2025-03-18T19:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=30308"},"modified":"2025-03-18T19:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:14:45","slug":"former-ufc-champion-khabib-nurmagomedov-shares-his-pick-for-potential-charles-oliveira-vs-ilia-topuria-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/former-ufc-champion-khabib-nurmagomedov-shares-his-pick-for-potential-charles-oliveira-vs-ilia-topuria-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov Shares His Pick For Potential Charles Oliveira vs. Ilia Topuria Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Oliveira hasn’t fought since November of 2024 and his last fight against Michael Chandler was a solid win for the Brazilian. Since his last fight, Oliveira has been desperate for a rematch and a title shot fight against Islam Makhachev again. The only problem is that Oliveira may have to wait for a chance at redemption a bit longer because Ilia Topuria decided to vacate his featherweight belt and division to move up to lightweight. <\/p>

Topuria and his team have been very clear about who they want to fight and what they want to do next; Lightweight belt is the target and Makhachev is the opponent to beat. However, Makhachev’s team is not interested in fighting Topuria right away, mainly because the Georgian has not fought any contenders in the lightweight division and Makhachev has taken down 3 current\/former featherweight fighters out of his 4 title defense fights, which could potentially put a stain on his legacy. <\/p>

All the mess and the chaos in the lightweight division has left Topuria and his team in a confused state. Since it looks like Topuria will have to fight someone else other than Makhachev, the question to be asked is who will Topuria fight next? While we do not know the answer to that question yet, there’s been speculations about a potential fight between Topuria and Oliveira. With that being said, a former UFC <\/a>champ gave his thoughts on who could win the fight between the two. Let us find out more.<\/p>

Also Read: Paddy Pimblett Confident In His Ability To Finish Michael Chandler At UFC 314!<\/a><\/p>

Khabib Nurmagomedov Think Topuria Would Come Out on Top<\/h2>

Former UFC <\/a>lightweight champ and the G.O.A.T (in many people’s opinion) thinks that Ilia Topuria can beat Charles Oliveira, if the two were to fight. <\/p>

In the Pound 4 Pound<\/strong> Podcast, Nurmagomedov sat down with Henry Cejudo to talk about the future of 155 and who Topuria should fight next. <\/p>

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“If (Topuria) beat somebody like Charles Oliveira of course (he should get a chance at the lightweight title).”<\/em> He continued “You know what I think, I think (Topuria) can beat (Oliveira),” Khabib said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>

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