Going into enemy territory to reclaim the light-weight title wasn’t
Charles
Oliveira’s first selection.
Oliveira will problem Islam
Makhachev for the 155-pound belt on the Final Combating
Championship’s annual occasion in Abu Dhabi subsequent month. Nevertheless, UFC
294 on Oct. 21 isn’t the primary time Oliveira and Makhachev will
meet on the Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi.
The Brazilian was on an 11-fight win streak and the uncrowned champ
of the 155-pound division when Makhachev submitted him nearly
precisely a 12 months prior on the identical venue. Even again then, Oliveira
had overtly voiced his displeasure at having to go to Abu Dhabi,
which Makhachev’s mentor and teammate Khabib
Nurmagomedov famously labeled “our territory.”
The Brazilian additionally doesn’t assume it is “essentially truthful” that the
rematch is happening in Abu Dhabi. Nevertheless, having been within the
struggle sport for a very long time, “do Bronx” understands his place as
a challenger effectively.
“I don’t essentially assume it’s truthful, however it’s the sport,” Oliveira
mentioned by means of an interpreter in an interview with My MMA
Information. “That’s the place the champion is. He calls the photographs. However
I’m coming again for my belt wherever that’s.”
Oliveira was initially plotting for the matchup to happen when
the UFC returns to his hometown of Sao Paulo after 4 years on
Nov. 4.
“With 12 years within the sport, I simply sort of realized methods to play the
sport,” he mentioned. “I knew that there was a UFC in Sao Paulo. I juast
needed to shoot my shot and see if it might work, however right here we
are.”
