News broke earlier this week that former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria split with his longtime team ahead of his UFC 317 lightweight title bout against former champion Charles Oliveira . Ilia Topuria’s former coach, Jorge Climent, confirmed that Topuria has left the team but is still confident that “El Matador” will emerge victorious on June 28 against Oliveira. “It’s real. He went to live in Madrid. I have my own project here with my brother, with out family. We have a lot of fighters.
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