Lightweight fighter Andrei Koshkin, speaking at ASA, told if the Brazilian Charles Oliveira psychologically correct approach to revenge with the Russian Islam Makhachev their fight may unfold differently from the previous one.
Last weekend in Vancouver, Oliveira defeated American Beneil Dariush by technical knockout in the first round. For the Brazilian, the victory was the first since losing the vacant UFC lightweight belt to Makhachev in October last year.
— Not surprised by Oliveira’s quick victory. Charles is a very strong fighter, it’s just that the psychological moment played a decisive role in the duel with Makhachev. Still, Makhachev is part of Khabib’s team. And Oliveira understood that he had a very strong team, and somewhere psychologically sat down. As for their revenge, it will be interesting. If Oliveira approaches this fight psychologically correctly then the fight can go differently, it can go the full distance,” Koshkin told .
Makhachev, 31, has 24 wins and one loss. After a first victory over Oliveira, the Russian made a defense of the lightweight belt – in February this year in Australia he beat Australian featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski by unanimous decision.
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Source : MatchTV
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