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Charles Oliveira got the better of Justin Gaethje in 2022. | Getty/UFC
After Justin Gaethje shocked the world by stopping Ilia Topuria to unify the lightweight belt in the UFC White House main event, the debate began in earnest regarding his next opponent.
Candidates include top contender Arman Tsarukyan, the winner of the UFC 329 main event between Max Holloway and Conor McGregor and reigning BMF champion Charles Oliveira. An immediate rematch with Topuria is also a possibility, though Gaethje himself has dismissed the notion.
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Unfinished Business
Oliveira has already begun to campaign for the title shot. In an interview with Brazilian journalist Laerte Viana on Monday, “do Bronxs” did not mince words.
“The world knows what happened in our first fight when there was the ‘scale robbery case.’ I got the submission win but got my title stripped,” Oliveira said. “Gaethje also said he suffered an accident before the fight, so let’s make that rematch. That’s the fight the world wants to see.”
Oliveira missed weight ahead of his UFC 274 matchup with Gaethje in May 2022, which resulted in the Brazilian losing the lightweight title on the scales. That didn’t affect his performance in the Octagon, however, as he submitted Gaethje with a rear-naked choke 3:22 into the opening stanza.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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