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Islam
Makhachev and Charles
Oliveira are going to run it back after all.

UFC president Dana White announced on Wednesday evening that a
lightweight championship rematch between Makhachev and Oliveira
will headline UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 21. Additionally,
Paulo
Costa will meet Khamzat
Chimaev at middleweight, while Nassourdine
Imavov will face Ikram
Aliskerov in another 185-pound bout. Costa and Alikerov were
initially slated to face each other at UFC 291 before the new
fights were revealed.

Makhachev and Oliveira first squared off at UFC 280, with the
Dagestani claiming the vacant 155-pound belt with a second-round
submission triumph. Makhachev returned to action at UFC 284 in
February, when he took a closely-contested decision over
featherweight king Alexander
Volkanovski.

Oliveira stated in recent interviews that he wanted to fight in
November or December, but apparently those plans changed. “Do
Bronx” rebounded from that defeat in his last outing, when he
defeated Beneil
Dariush via first-round TKO on June 10.

Costa hasn’t competed since UFC 278, when he halted a two-fight
skid with a decision triumph over Luke
Rockhold. “Borrachina” is a former 185-pound title challenger
who also owns notable wins over the likes of Yoel Romero,
Uriah
Hall and Johny
Hendricks.

Chimaev began his UFC tenure as a surging welterweight prospect.
His focus shifted after missing weight for a proposed bout against
Nate
Diaz at UFC 279. Instead, “Borz” defeated Kevin
Holland via first-round submission in a 180-pound catchweight
bout at the Sept. 10 event.

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

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