Ilia Topuria made the walk to the octagon inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in June 2025 to fight for the vacant lightweight championship against former titleholder Charles Oliveira. He had relinquished his featherweight title to move up a division in an effort to become a two-division titleholder.
Midway through the opening round, Topuria accomplished his goal landing a right hand that immediately rendered Oliveira unconscious. “El Matador” connected with a followup left as Oliveira crashed to the canvas.
Rewatch the knockout finish ahead of Topuria’s first title defense. He takes on interim lightweight titleholder Justin Gaethje in the UFC Freedom 250 main event at the White House on June 14.
