The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Daniel Cormier REACTS to Ilia Topuria KNOCKING OUT Charles Oliveira, new UFC lightweight CHAMPION

Episode Date: June 29, 2025

Ilia Topuria KNOCKED OUT Charles Oliveira in the FIRST ROUND at UFC 317, and Daniel Cormier is octagon side to give you his INSTANT REACTION! DC gives his take on Topuria's impressive win, what he makes of him shoving Paddy Pimblett in the octagon, and if an Islam Makhachev fight will ever happen. Plus, Alexandre Pantoja defended his belt with a submission win over Kai Kara-France, and moves himself closer to GOAT status in the division. And don't miss DC's take on Joshua Van vs. Brandon Royval, Gregory Rodrigues's KO win, Payton Talbott's impressive showing and much more! #Volume #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Wow. Very rarely am I like at a loss for words when it comes to athletes. I really cannot find the words to explain what we are seeing from Iliate to Borea. I mean, his ability to control guys, knock guys out, tell us what he's going to do. to knock guys out and then go out there and deliver it's second to none. You know, you kind of expected him to have a harder time with Charles Olivera

because we have seen everybody have a hard time with Charles Olivera, you know, except for Islam. Islam dealt with him pretty good, but for the most part, Charles presents issues matchup-wise for so many people, and it looked like that might become an issue for Ilya very early. He was able to secure a takedown,

But as we have told you time and time again, Toporia at his heart is a grappler. So what did he do? Get back to his feet, went right back, right back on the attack, trying to not pull the error out. He made a promise that he would get it done in the first round and he got it done in the first round.

We honestly sat at the table thinking to ourselves. I don't know if it's good that Toporia is out celebrating a victory that has not happened yet. But this young man has so much confidence in not only himself, but his prep, and his team and his ability that when he says these things, he's not just spewing garbage. He believes that he is going to do it. And he almost speaks it into existence.

Tonight he spoke into existence and knockout over Charles Oliver. Fight starts. He hits Charles with a right hand, cuts him very early, in a bad spot. Charles takes him down along the octagon side. Ilya gives back up. Goes right back to work. Charles tried multiple times to take him down. And he defended beautifully.

You know, we always think when a Connor McGregor or a Ronda Rousey or somebody moves on that, okay, the UFC is going to struggle. But then there's always somebody new. And you could see them coming from a long time away. I remember the first time I caught the Porius fight, I believe it was against Josh, uh, Josh Emmett in Florida. And I was like, wow, this kid's so impressive. But Emmett was able to take the punches. But at this point, the poor has tightened everything up so much. His striking is so straight that he's now generating more power than he even did before

and knocking guys out. You thought Charles might present problems on the ground? Nope. You thought Charles would present some problems on the feet. But Charles is known to go into the fire. You cannot go into the fire with this guy. Now, I think what was most impressive was the right hand actually ended the fire. for Charles Olivera.

But because the Toporio is so good at throwing in combination that he threw the left hook right after it and the left hook landed two and just knocked Charles out even more. He didn't really need to land the follow-up shots, but he did because you are to fight until the referee says stop. You know, this kid's impressive, man. The kid's very impressive. He's only 28 years old.

He's only had nine UFC fights and he's already a double champion. He's the real deal. Patty Pimler went to the Octagon afterwards. I believe that's a great fight. I believe Patty will have to use his size against Ilya if he wants a chance, though. Because he is not known as good a striker as Charles Olivera. And you start what Ilya did to Charles. So you've got to be very careful on the Patty Pimler side to make sure that you're doing the right things

to ensure that you can get to him and try to take him down. Charles didn't have much success taking him down. Ily the poor is a real life star man he really is and uh i think that we're going to be watching this kid for a real long time as long as he stays the course he seems to be doing all the right things as long as he stays the course i believe he's going to be very viable and in the championship picture as the champion at 155 for a long time i think Islam can fight him but i think Islam will be uh one of the greatest challenges he would have uh because they're both just next level But right now, man, he seems to be separating himself from everybody. It's just unbelievable. And you got to tip your hat to him. He's created a team all about him. And by creating that team all about him, he's developed at a rate that most don't.

So hats off to Iliot to Poria for a phenomenal performance. Alessandre Bantosia submitted Kai Carr-France in the third round of their championship fight. They fought nine years ago. I hope that Kai didn't believe he was fighting the same guy because this new Pantosia won deserves to be higher in the Pouncebound rank. He's that good and his confidence, again, his confidence is growing. This young man only won that belt two years ago and he's already defended the belt four times. He's already second to Demetrius Johnson for most flyweight championship fight and wins of all time.

He is already now holds the record for the most wins in flyweight history. He's continuing to raise the bar. And he's just a genuinely good dude. Like very rarely does the good guy truly get everything. In Pantosia's case, you got a good guy that's getting everything it deserves. He's so committed to his team, his family, committed to his sport. And he, you know, he's a guy that went from saying, Dad, are you proud of me? to now being a dominant world champion that doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon.

He saw his next challenge. Fighting Joshua Van. Joshua Van always talks about, he tells me, bring my kid to Houston for two, three years and forget him because of the wrestling. He will have to display that wrestling if he wants a chance against the great champion in Alessandre Pantosia. Joshua Van and Brandon Royval put on an absolute classic tonight. I stood up out of my chair. I stood up out of my chair. I was so excited watching them stand for 15 straight minutes

and then him dropping Roy Val at the end of the third round to win the fight. This kid fought three weeks ago in Newark. Had another finish. Tonight, he fights the number one contender and he gets a decision victory. It's amazing to watch a young man at such a young age get everything that he could ever have to drip about in his life. Joshua Van is another one of those good guys that's getting what he deserves.

Benil Darius beat Anato Moikano. Aitin Talbot showed massive, massive improvements in his wrestling tonight and got a victory over Felipe Lima, who we all thought was much tougher than the last guy he lost to. So great on him for getting this done. Gregor Rodriguez knocked out Jackermanston, landed an extra shot that did not need to be landed. You know, Herb Dean's a great ref. But he needs to rush to make sure that that doesn't happen because Hermantza was out for a long time. The UFC kept Hermantzance for an hour checking on him before they allowed for him to go home.

Because everybody was so concerned because of the amount of time that he spent out. Jose Miguel Delgado landed a beautiful knee to finish the fight. Tracy Cortez got a decision victory. And Terrence McKinney, once again, quick finish, this time with his grappling. Big submission win by Jacoby Smith. and in a decision victory by Janata Janice. It was an amazing night. International fight week, we always promise you

that it's going to be amazing. Tonight I believe that this fight card delivered above what we ever could have expected because of the finishes, the fights, the hard that the fighters had on display and everything else. Guys, now it's time for my total wireless performance of the night. And it's hard to give it to end.

anyone but the champion, Iliad to pour you. But I think for my performance of the night, Total Wireless, I have to give it to Gregory Rodriguez as my fighter of the night. He did such a great job of not only winning a fight, showing patience, and really showing that he is doing the things necessary to not only win fights, but go to the next level. It's not about just winning. It's about going to the next level,

winning fights, and winning fights impressively, Tonight, Gregory Rodriguez Robocop did exactly that and showed maturity after the Jared Cannon near fight. So once again, my total wireless fighter of the night is Robocop Gregory Rodriguez. UFC 317 was a monster. I cannot wait to get to New Orleans. As always, guys, I love and appreciate you. I love your support. I thank you for it.

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