At the pre-fight media scrum for UFC 317, Ilia Topuria stated that he believes that he already knows what Charles Oliveira will do ahead of their main event title bout. As he considers, Oliveira will likely employ his classic blitzing style, having tried it against everyone at the top of the division. The Spanish-Georgian would explain himself with the following:
“I don’t know what to tell you—it feels exactly the same to be honest. Is that because you’ve always seen the vision, envisioned yourself being in this spot, being one of the big stars and being in these big fight weeks?