Down-the-line.com/MMA. Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has shared his expectations for a possible fight between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev. Werdum paid tribute to the Russian but expressed his confidence in the Brazilian’s victory.

“Makhachev is a guy who has everything in front of him. He is also very good and has the aura of a champion. A guy who achieves good results in fights. But being a Brazilian, of course, I support Charles 100%. He will be the defending champion for a long time, and he will defeat Makhachev,” Sportskeeda said quoting Werdum.

Oliveira had previously lost the UFC championship belt. He fell short of the shot put race before the fight with American Justin Gaethje. Despite winning that fight, Oliveira vacated the title.