Charles Oliveira in fight with an American Beneil Dariush was able to surprise everyone of mixed martial arts, but the Russian Islam Makhachev The Brazilian will not be able to win. The ASA heavyweight champion shared this opinion with Yevgeny Goncharov .
On Saturday in Vancouver, Oliveira defeated American Beneil Dariush by technical knockout in the first round. For the Brazilian, the win was the first since losing to Makhachev in a duel for the vacant UFC lightweight belt in October last year. At the time of the meeting with Makhachev, the winning streak of Oliveira, who won the UFC belt after his career with Khabib Nurmagomedov ended, was 11 fights. Now, because of Oliveira, 33, 34 wins and nine losses.
– Considered Dariush a favorite. I thought he had everything to gain. And in the stalls, he confidently controlled everything – all those submission attempts. And I thought everything was cloudless for Dariush. I was surprised by Oliveira’s “octopus” as it exploded. But I didn’t see any accented hits. Dariush was shocked in the stalls. You can’t say there was an early shutdown – it’s all business. Oliveira is back, and we’re in for an interesting showdown with Islam Makhachev. In their first fight, Oliveira didn’t show his maximum. I think he’s sold out.
With the Abu Dhabi public, which strongly supported Makhachev, he seemed confused. For some reason he went to fight. And in the rematch, if Oliveira can overcome his fears, then we’re in for an interesting fight. Although, I think Islam will find out – his wrestling and “physics” are on a different level. In the position they have an approximate equality, and in the fight Oliveira will certainly not be able to do anything to him. Islam is now number one and will beat Oliveira anyway. Today Oliveira surprised everyone, surprised everyone in MMA with such a result of the fight, but he is unlikely to surprise Islam Makhachev,” Goncharov told .
Makhachev, 31, has 24 wins and one loss. After a first victory over Oliveira, the Russian made a lightweight belt defense against featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski – in February in Australia, Makhachev won by unanimous decision.
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