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UFC's Jean Silva offers to mimic Ilia Topuria for Charles Oliveira, points out flaws

Jean Silva is confident he can replicate Ilia Topuria's style for Charles Oliveira.

After Islam Makhachev relinquished his lightweight championship, Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) will face Oliveira (35-10 MMA, 23-10 UFC) for the vacant belt in the UFC 317 headliner on June 28 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).

Featherweight contender Silva (16-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC), who's coming off a submission of Bryce Mitchell at UFC 314 in April, offered to help Oliveira prep for Topuria.

"I did better than you," Silva said to Topuria on his YouTube channel (h/t MMA Fighting).