![]() Dariush clearly sees this as a sign of where he should take the fight, as he believes he out-grapples Oliveira nearly every day of the week. “Do Bronx” had his own wild 12-fight win streak going before Islam Makhachev took him out with an arm-triangle choke back in Nov. Charles Oliveira will face Islam Makhachev to try to regain the UFC lightweight belt he lost due to a weight miss back in May, but doesn’t feel the Russian has earned his right to compete. “They said, ‘Yeah, you’re the number one contender.’”īeating Oliveira won’t be an easy task. “So yeah, they didn’t gimme that spiel,” he continued. ![]() Makhachev (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) became the 155-pound champion and. What if Khabib comes back? Or what if Volkanovski wants to fight?’ And there you go, Volkanovski did fight.’ Islam Makhachev claimed the vacant lightweight title Saturday when he beat Charles Oliveira in the UFC 280 headliner. ![]() After the Gamrot fight, before the Gamrot fight, I asked, ‘hey, if I win this fight, I get the title shot, right?’ And I think it was Sean, and Sean gave me this spiel like, ‘Well, we don’t know what tomorrow brings. Nurmagomedov has insisted Makhachev must fight Oliveira. “I’ve asked, I think after the Tony fight, I thought maybe they would. Khabib Nurmagomedov has backed his protege Islam Makhachev to finish former UFC champion Charles Oliveira inside three rounds. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC This moment and all that led up to it signified the brotherhood. “Fortunately, the UFC did give me their word, which is not usual for them,” Dariush told Submission Radio in a new interview. Islam Makhachev dominated former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira on the feet and the ground at UFC 280. That’s what UFC has reportedly told him, and he says they’re normally pretty slippery about promising anything.ĭariush ‘Ready To Go Nuts’ Danger! Hungry Oliveira ‘Hunting’ Dariush All he has to do is get past Charles Oliveira in UFC 289’s pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event this weekend (Sat., June 10, 2023) and he’s a lock. Now, Dariush has declared he’s one win away from a shot at the belt. So, over time, the Iranian standout accepted that he’d have to work twice as hard and win twice as much to earn a title shot. When you have blood-and-guts guys like Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje out there engaging in violent slugfests, it can be difficult for a relatively understated fellow like Dariush to break through to the common fan. 4-ranked Beneil Dariush in the co-feature with 155-pound title implications on the line.ĭon’t miss a single second of EPIC face-punching action!Ī big part of it has to do with how exciting the 155-pound division is. 1-seeded contender, Charles Oliveira, battles No. 5-ranked 135-pound contender, Irene Aldana, while former Lightweight kingpin and current No. ![]() In UFC 289’s pay-per-view (PPV) main event, women’s Bantamweight champion, Amanda Nunes, will lock horns with No. OCTAGON RETURNS TO THE GREAT WHITE NORTH! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to Canada for the first time in almost four years when it hosts UFC 289 inside Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sat., June 10, 2023. ![]()
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