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Charles Oliveira’s 11-fight win streak came to end with a lopsided title loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 280 last year.
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Oliveira looked completely outclassed by the Dagestani and even admitted to refusing an immediate rematch. Having since bounced back with a technical knockout win over Beneil Dariush, “Do Bronx” will look to reclaim his title exactly a year later in the rematch against Makhachev at UFC 294.
Makhachev’s long-time training partner, Usman Nurmagomedov, believes the UFC 294 lightweight title rematch will play out exactly like the first outing. While he does acknowledge the unpredictable nature of the sport, Nurmagomedov doubts Oliveira has anything new to offer to his teammate.
“I think it’s going to be the same thing,” Nurmagomedov recently told ESPN. “Of course,Charles Oliveira – maybe he’s going to fix some mistakes. This is a fight. Something can happen. But I know Islam is training very hard. He’s very smart. He can wrestle, strike and grapple, too. I don’t think Charles Oliveira can give him some hard situation.”
Meanwhile, Nurmagomedov will defend his own lightweight strap against former champ Brent Primus at Bellator 300 on Oct. 7 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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