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Ilia Topuria Knocks Out Charles Oliveira 👊 UFC 317 - UFC (360p, h264)
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00:00Early takedown.
00:02But Ilya, who's an elite grappler himself, is on top.
00:08Big cut by Ono Oliveira already.
00:12And not in a great place, or so it appears.
00:16Look at this, Ilya inside control already.
00:20Oh, crucial takes.
00:22That is huge.
00:30Oh, watch the leg here.
00:32Dangerous position.
00:34Ilya's gotta be very careful with that left leg.
00:38He's scrambling.
00:42He's almost out.
00:44The leg's not in danger anymore, but he's still trapped.
00:48He's out.
00:50Tremendous composure by Topuria.
00:56You can see right away, he's dealing with a different level of strength and skill in Oliveira.
01:08A lot of fighters reluctant to engage Oliveira on the ground.
01:11Mark Goddard steps in, under three to go, round one.
01:14Big shots landed by Topuria in tight.
01:20Oliveira gets the clinch again.
01:22Ilya throws hard when he goes.
01:24Good uppercut from Oliveira.
01:26But there's a difference already in how Charles is absorbing these shots.
01:32Well, he's already busted up.
01:34Oh!
01:35Oh!
01:36Out called.
01:37A man of his word!
01:38Oh my goodness.
01:39And now the new UFC lightweight champion, Ilya El Matador.
01:44He called it.
01:45Topuria!
01:46He said he was gonna knock him out in the first round, and he did it.
01:49My goodness.
01:50That was unbelievable.
01:52No one's ever done it like that.
01:54The left hook, man.
01:55No one has ever done it like that to Charles Oliveira.
01:58Not like that.
01:59A dude is special.
02:00This dude is special.
02:02I mean, you see where this confidence comes from.
02:07He's extraordinary.
02:10He really is extraordinary.
02:12Ilya Topuria celebrated the win last night.
02:15It proved not premature.
02:17He said all week, respectfully, he was gonna knock out Charles Oliveira in round one.
02:22His words proved prophetic yet again.
02:25And Ilya Topuria has now realized the UFC title in two divisions at age 28.
02:31How good is that dude?
02:32He's good.
02:33He is so good.
02:34He's really good.
02:35I mean, this is justified confidence.
02:39We were talking last night like, man, it's kind of crazy that he's celebrating already this victory.
02:44But this is why.
02:45Look at that right hand.
02:46Left hook behind it.
02:47Oh.
02:48Out cold.
02:49Out cold.
02:50The right hand had put Charles out.
02:52Charles was going down.
02:53He was already out.
02:54With the right hand and then Ilya hit him with the left hook.
02:56He was already starting to go down.
02:57Watch here.
02:58Look at this again.
02:59Boom.
03:00He's already going down.
03:01Boom.
03:02Out cold.
03:03He takes the left hook.
03:04That flattens him.
03:05Ilya hits him with the follow-up shots to stiffen him.
03:06That's crazy.
03:08This guy is special.
03:09No one has done this to Charles.
03:11You have to really consider this.
03:13I mean, the fact that this guy comes up from featherweight.
03:16Has done this to everybody at featherweight.
03:18And Charles has been so durable.
03:20For Charles to go out like this in the first round.
03:24Yeah.
03:25Just extraordinary.
03:27He's been knocking guys out now.
03:29He has now knocked out in a row.
03:31He has knocked out.
03:32There's some guys here.
03:34Paddy, Gaethje, all excited.
03:37And now here's Armand.
03:38Here's Armand.
03:41Three worthy challengers for the now new UFC lightweight champion, Ilya Toporia, who has
03:48now back to back to back knocked out Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway, and Charles O'Hara.
03:55And you wonder why he is accompanied by boos at times in some part because he's knocking out the most beloved fighters of the generation.
04:03Yeah, but I mean, there's got to be respect to that because not everybody can do it.
04:08That's why they're so loved and they're so valuable to the sport because they've been so good.
04:14Nobody's been able to do to them what this young man has done at such a young age.
04:20But you can't even hear what they're saying.
04:22They're covering their mouth because they don't want for you to hear what they're saying.
04:26It's like the NBA guys that pull their jersey over.
04:28Right.
04:29This is their moment.
04:30Right?
04:31These guys want to share a moment and they're talking inside the octagon.
04:35But I mean, Ilya Toporia is as impressive as anyone we've seen in the octagon for a really long time.
04:41I wonder what his resting heart rate is when he walks into that octagon.
04:45I mean, calm, cool, and collected doesn't even begin to describe it.
04:48He walks into our fighter meeting.
04:50Everything is so thoughtful and manicured and efficient.
04:53He won't give you any extra words.
04:55Smiling.
04:56He is unbelievable.
04:58A smile that lights up whatever room he walks into.
05:01A confidence that is second to none, honestly.
05:04I don't know that this kid has any doubt in any situation that he fights out of.
05:12All right.
05:13One final time tonight to make this official.
05:15Here is Bruce Buffer.
05:17Ladies and gentlemen, referee Mark Goddard is called to stop to this contest.
05:22At two minutes, 27 seconds in the very first round.
05:25Declaims the winner by knockout and new undisputed UFC lightweight champion of the world,
05:44Iliar and Matador Taboria.

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