The fight you’ve all been asking for
[
👀@CharlesDoBronxs
vs @MakhachevMMA
is set for the LW title 👑
#UFC280 | @VisitAbuDhabi
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#InAbuDhabi ] pic.twitter.com/GhqjbwZ0LM— UFC (@ufc)
July 16, 2022
It appears that the
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title will soon have
a new owner. On Saturday, the UFC announced that former 155-pound
titleholder Charles
Oliveira will take on Islam
Makhachev at UFC 280, which will go down in Abu Dhabi on Oct.
22.
Oliveira (33-8, 1NC; 21-8 1NC UFC) was forced to vacate his
championship after missing weight by .5 pounds ahead of UFC 274,
setting a precedent as the first UFC champion who failed to make
weight ahead of a title match. Even though “Do Bronx” went on to
submit Justin
Gaethje via rear-naked choke in the first round on that
occasion, he was not eligible to win the championship that the UFC
declared vacant. Oliveira captured the lightweight title after
stopping Michael
Chandler with punches at UFC 262. The Brazilian scored his
first title defense after forcing Dustin
Poirier to tap due to a rear-naked choke at UFC 269. Oliveira
is riding an impressive 11-bout win streak and has not been stopped
since suffering a defeat at the hands of Paul Felder
in December 2017.
Makhachev (22-1, 11-1 UFC) is getting his first title shot after
scoring 10 consecutive triumphs. The Eagles MMA and
American Kickboxing Academy representative has already cleaned
out much of the 155-pound division, including victories over
Dan
Hooker, Thiago
Moises and Drew Dober.
In his latest Octagon appearance, Makhachev smashed Bobby Green
with punches at the 3:23 mark of Round 1 in the UFC Fight Night 202
headliner.