Charles Oliveira recently defeated Beneil Dariush at UFC 289 via first-round TKO stoppage in an impressive UFC lightweight title eliminator. That means Charles Oliveira will face Islam Makhachev in Islma’s second UFC lightweight title defense.
Islam is of course coming off his lightweight title defense against UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski, which many thought Islam lost.
These 2 performances by the UFC’s most elite lightweights give us more to consider as the Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev rematch lies ahead.
Islam Makhachev could of course employ his dominant wrestling to once again, control Charles Oliveira on the ground and submit him in astonishing fashion as he did in their fight via arm triangle.
Charles Oliveira can of course use his deadly muay thai to set up his strikes, knockdown Makhachev, and submit Islam via rear naked choke to become UFC lightweight champion once again.
