Oliveira spoke about what he would change in the fight with Topuria

“I would change everything. And not in my training camp, but in the fight. Everything I practiced, I didn’t apply in the fight. I didn’t do anything I had practiced. Ilia implemented his strategy and became the champion. In fact, my strategy was to close the distance, strike and step back, use knees, implement combinations on my hands that preceded high-kicks. I worked a lot on low-kicks and knee strikes to avoid being static. But the fight started, and I stood still, taking hits. What I needed to do, I didn’t do. That frustrates me the most. I trained so hard, but achieved nothing,” — quotes Oliveira’s words the Sherdog portal.