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The UFC lightweight champion will defend his belt against former champ Charles Oliveira in a rematch in the main event of UFC 294 on Oct. 21 in Abu Dhabi, UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday night.

weekends main event featured one of the most anticipated UFC title fights in recent memory. Lightweights most impressive streak holders, Makhachev and former champion Charles Oliveira, finally got to go at it, and unfortunately for Oliveira, it wasnt as competitive as hed have liked it to be.

Ive been in this kids arm triangle. Its so tight. The moment he was able to clear guard, Charles Oliveira tapped, and Im telling you, it was one of the most dominant performances that weve ever seen from a challenger.

to action after suffering a hand injury in his five-round decision win over Max Holloway in July. As a result, Volkanovski will now fly to Abu Dhabi where he will serve as the official backup for the lightweight title fight between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev, which serves as the main event.

It was after a loss to Charles Oliveira this past December that Poirier confessed his doubts about continuing at lightweight. He contemplated his future after falling short in two bids to become undisputed UFC lightweight champion.

tential Welterweight plans, McGregor would be wise to keep an eye on UFC 274. By virtue of his stardom, he could find himself in the title mix vs. Charles Oliveira or Justin Gaethje at any time, and the victor of Chandler vs. Ferguson would be a very reasonable match up for his return from injury.

won many BJJ tournaments, and I won two times at the ADCC trials. In the next one, I would like to test myself against Charles Oliveira because hes the most dangerous guy on the ground, Gamrot told the media. My previous opponents every time it is stand up and like the ground is hot for everybod

her it be damn near slamming Gray Maynard through the mat after being on the brink of defeat, the masterclass he put on against B.J. Penn in their second fight, or any of the impressive performances he put on against the likes of Charles Oliveira, Urijah Faber, Chad Mendes, Cub Swanson, and more.

riter. I always, always, I dont want to say discredit, but I always doubt Charles Oliveira. Then afterwards I tell myself why do you do that? Cause I have a lot of respect for that guy but even going into the Poirier fight, well Poiriers kind of the uncrowned champion here and I believe in Charle

I think when youre as dangerous on the ground as Charles Oliveira, when youre as dangerous as a finisher as he is when youre not afraid of something, it takes away all the power from it, Smith explained. Everyone Islam has fought, for the most part, has been terrified of his wrestling and hi

Islam, he just hasnt been tested, Smith said. He hasnt fought the level of competition and he might beat Gaethje, he might beat Poirier but like you said, he hasnt so we cant use that. Even if I didnt have a reason, Id still pick Charles Oliveira.

Upcoming bouts featuring ranked fighters: No. 3 Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhechev (UFC 280, Oct. 22), No. 7 Aljamain Sterling vs. T.J. Dillashaw (UFC 280, Oct. 22), No. 11 Patricio Pitbull vs. Adam Borics (Bellator 286, Oct. 1), No. 17T Petr Yan vs. Sean OMalley (UFC 280, Oct. 22)

how many? Two, three times knockdowns? With Michael Chandler, with Dustin Poirier, with Justin Gaethje, he always goes down. This is like a little bit questionable, you know. Nobody ever touched my face, and all the time he go down. People cannot talk about like compare me vs. Charles Oliveira.

upstart Eagle FC promotion and fought UFC Hall of Famer Diego Sanchez, whod also recently been released by the UFC. He won a decision in a super lightweight bout at 165 pounds to snap a 1-4 slump in the octagon that included losses to now-former champs Charles Oliveira and Rafael dos Anjos.

Dagestans second son shook up the game all over again with a scintillating title win at UFC 280 that launched him straight into the No. 3 ranking formerly held by Charles Oliveira. By fulfilling Fathers Plan and cementing his long-awaited destiny as the heir apparent to Khabib Nurmagomedov, Makhac

Chimaev was cageside for Saturdays UFC 280 lightweight title main event between Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira. Nurmagomedov was there, as well, just a few hours after his win over Gadzhi Omargadzhiev on the preliminary card in Abu Dhabi.

I just think Charles Oliveira will not show up in Abu Dhabi and the UFC will replace Charles with Beneil Dariush, Khabib wrote in a post on social media. Regardless of who the opponent will be, [Islam Makhachev] is on his way to becoming the best in the world.

Thats also why Chandler isnt entirely sold on the hype built around top-ranked lightweight contender Islam Makhachev, who faces Charles Oliveira with the 155-pound title on the line at UFC 280 in October. Despite Makhachev currently riding a 10-fight unbeaten streak, Chandler can quickly dissect h

I hope he got his pay-per-view money, I hope he is making the championship money going into the next fight. Everyones got to look at him as the champ, the fights hes been doing, the performances hes been putting on. Charles Oliveiras the champ and everyone knows it.

When we see how much is going with Charles Oliveira, I dont think he can do anything with Islam on the ground, and of course Islam is very good in stand up, too, Nurmagomedov told ESPN. Last couple years, people dont even touch him. All these guys, theyre good strikers and they dont even touc

ven [fight] win streak, and when the UFC gave him a chance, he got injured. OK, if when you come back you want to fight with some top guy then fight for the title. Beneil has to fight contender fight and Islam has to fight for the title versus Charles Oliveira. This is my opinion and this is fair. 1

If they dont want to come to Abu Dhabi to fight with Islam, OK. I hear Charles Oliveiras coach say, Come to Brazil. OK, no problem. Send us location. Were going to come to Brazil, Islams going to ride Charles Oliveira like his horse, were going to take this belt, and were going to show them

t with interim champ Justin Gaethje... These guys were in different time, in different prime, not like when now they fight versus Charles Oliveira. It was one and a half to two years ago, and when I finished, I was undisputed. Like he said, We have champion, his name is Charles Oliveira. I agree with h

Gaethje challenges Charles Oliveira for the lightweight championship at UFC 274, which takes place Saturday at Footprint Center in Phoenix. Its Gaethjes second attempt to become undisputed champion after a loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 in October 2020. Nurmagomedov, widely considered to b

Now Chandler is approaching a fight with Ferguson where the one-time UFC interim lightweight champion is also looking to get back on track after three straight losses including a TKO suffered against Justin Gaethje and a pair of lopsided decisions with Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush.

y his track record thus far would indicate that maybe he has lost a step but you cant just look at records and say hes lost his last three fights, Chandler told MMA Fighting. Those guys you mentioned, Charles Oliveira, Justin Gaethje, Beneil Dariush, these are the top guys in the world. When wer

Have I lost a step because I lost two in a row? Dropped one to Charles Oliveira and then one to Justin Gaethje? I dont know, it remains to be seen but I will say this, were fighting the best guys in the world. I think any of us inside that top five, top seven could fight anyone else on any given