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Holloway (27-8) will put his BMF title on the line in a rematch against Oliveira (36-11) in the main event at UFC 326 on March 7 in Las Vegas. The two lightweights had met for the first time more than a decade ago in a featherweight matchup in 2015. Oliveira was in visible agony after an attempted takedown in the opening round. While “do Bronx” got back to his feet, he kept holding his neck in pain, forcing the referee to step in.
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Back then the injury was deemed to be an esophageal tear. However, Oliveira believes most people couldn’t explain his injury. The Brazilian recently revealed that he lost sensation on his left side following the injury, leading to talks of paralysis. Oliveira couldn’t even feel the IV drip on his left arm inside the ambulance. The future lightweight champion admits being scared that his career was over.
Grave Concerns
“I lost movement on my left side,” Oliveira recently told New York Post Sports. “I think a lot of people didn’t know how to explain what it was, so they talked about the esophagus and all of that but it was an injury to my neck. There were talks that I could’ve been paralyzed… In the ambulance, the guys were trying to put an IV in my arm, and I wouldn’t even feel it because I couldn’t feel my left side, so I was scared my career was over at that moment.”
Both Holloway and Oliveira have firmly cemented themselves as UFC stars over the last decade. Holloway is coming off a win over Dustin Poirier that saw him rebound from a knockout loss against Ilia Topuria. Meanwhile, Oliveira is coming off a win over Mateusz Gamrot that also saw him rebound from a loss against Topuria.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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