{"id":37301,"date":"2026-03-16T18:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Mauricio-Ruffy-confident-he-can-knock-out-UFC-champ-Ilia-Topuria-200483"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:57:15","slug":"mauricio-ruffy-confident-he-can-knock-out-ufc-champ-ilia-topuria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/mauricio-ruffy-confident-he-can-knock-out-ufc-champ-ilia-topuria\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauricio Ruffy confident he can knock out UFC champ Ilia Topuria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMauricio Ruffy will face Michael Chandler at the UFC White House
\ncard. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n


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Mauricio
\nRuffy<\/a> turned out to be correct in the prediction of the venue
\nfor his next fight.<\/p>\n

Four days before the official announcement of the
\nUFC White House<\/a> fight card, Ruffy said in an exclusive
\ninterview with Sherdog.com, \u201cThe UFC is really liking my
\nperformances. What I can say now is that my next fight will either
\nbe at the White House or five rounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A few days later, Dana White would confirm the Brazilian’s
\nstatement, revealing that Michael
\nChandler<\/a> would be his opponent at the UFC White House event on
\nJune 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to thank Hunter and Dana a lot. I will complete two years
\nin the UFC in May, already fulfilling a dream,\u201d Ruffy said in a
\nrecent inteview with Sherdog. \u201cI have a lot of respect for Chandler
\nnot only as a fighter, but as a family man. He is a very dangerous
\noponent. What I can say is that I will get in there in great shape,
\nand Chandler will face the best Ruffy. In all my fights I look for
\nthe knockout all the time, and this time will be no different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding the training camp, the lightweight fighter told us that
\nhe had a meeting with Pablo Sucupira on Sunday and hasn’t yet
\ndecided if he’ll do his camp at
\nThe Fighting Nerds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Right now I’m 100% focused on healing my hand,\u201d he said. \u201cI have
\ntwo more weeks to decide. So I\u00b4ll put all my energy into that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Brazilian believes that if he wins with another dominant
\nperformance, he will have his chance at the belt. Asked whom he
\nbelieves will win between Topuria and Gaethje, Ruffy did not agree
\nwith the odds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a war,\u201d Ruffy said. \u201cTopuria doesn\u2019t back down
\nand exposes himself a lot in his fights. Gaethje has the same
\ncharacteristic; unlike the odds I think it will be a war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Topuria Has Holes<\/h2>\n

In case of a Topuria victory, Ruffy believes he has the antidote to
\nstop the champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cTopuria is extremely aggressive, but he also exposes himself a
\nlot, so much so that when he faces technical opponents like
\nHolloway, he also receives a lot of blows,\u201d Ruffy said. \u201cI have
\nmany weapons to deal with him. In six UFC fights, I was practically
\nnever hit in the face. Topuria has holes that I can exploit. I know
\nI can beat him, and by knockout.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mauricio Ruffy will face Michael Chandler at the UFC White House card. | Getty\/UFC Mauricio Ruffy turned out to be correct in the prediction of the venue for his next fight. Four days before the official announcement of the UFC White House fight card, Ruffy said in an exclusive interview with Sherdog.com, \u201cThe UFC is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}