Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev They will face each other this Saturday, October 22, for the lightweight champion title in the show UFC 280 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Both fighters are convinced that they will return home with the title, and in the first meeting sparks have flown. The tension is felt in the environment.
Oliveira wants to put on his belt. “I am going to shock the world once again. I am going to show that my history, my background, the number of fights I have had, my contenders, they will come to show themselves that same night”, commented the Brazilian.
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But in the octagon he will have a Makhachev in front of him who will not make it easy for him. The Russian wants to take the fight to the ground and guarantees that he is not afraid of the skills of Jiu Jitsu from Oliveira. “No one tried to finish him on the ground, so none of his opponents could stop him,” Makhachev explained, adding, “I am not afraid of his jiu-jitsu skills because I have good sambo and grappling skills.”
The protagonists of the stellar combat of the UFC 280 card have not been the only ones to comment on the winner of the match. Conor McGregor He already mentioned on his Twitter account that he thinks Oliveira will win easily. Khabib Nurmagomedov He also shared his opinion. The former lightweight champion is currently training Makhachev, noting that he “is on his way to becoming the best in the world.” But he also had time to throw a dart at the Brazilian. “I think Charles Oliveira will not show up in Abu Dhabi and the UFC will replace him with Beneil Dariush,” Khabib shared.
The fight between Oliveira and Makhachev will not be the only title at stake this Saturday night. aljamain sterling Y T. J. Dillashaw are up for the UFC bantamweight title. In that same category, the Russian Petr Yan will fight with the American Sean O’Malley, and Beneil Dariush will meet the Polish Mateusz Gamrot in the light. In the women’s branch, the duel between the American Katlyn Chookagian and the French Manon Fiorot seems attractive.
UFC 280 card
preliminaries
Belal Muhammad (Palestine) vs. Sean Brady (USA)
Makhmud Muradov (Uzbekistan) vs. Caio Borralho (Brazil)
Volkan Oezdemir (Switzerland) vs. Nikita Krylov (Ukraine)
Zubaira Tukhugov (Russia) vs. Lucas Almeida (Brazil)
Abubakar Nurmagomedov (Russia) vs. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev (Russia)
Armen Petrosyan (Armenia) vs. A. J. Dobson (USA)
Muhammad Mokaev (England/Russia) vs. Malcolm Gordon (Canada)
Karol Rosa (Brazil) vs. Lina Lansberg (Sweden)
Stellar
Charles Oliveira (Brazil) vs. Islam Makhachev (Russia)
Aljamain Sterling (Jamaica) vs. T. J. Dillashaw (USA)
Petr Yan (Russia) vs. Sean O’Malley (USA)
Beneil Dariush (USA) vs. Mateusz Gamrot (Poland)
Katlyn Chookagian (USA/Armenia) vs. Manon Fiorot (France)
(D)
Source: Eluniverso
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