Brazilian mixed martial artist Charles Oliveira told how he received a cut, due to which his fight against Russian Islam Makhachev at the UFC 294 tournament was canceled.
Earlier it became known that Australian Alexander Volkanovski will replace the injured Oliveira in the title fight with Makhachev, which will take place on October 21 in Abu Dhabi.
— Some of you already know that I will not participate in the next UFC tournament in Abu Dhabi. During the last training session before leaving Brazil, I hit my head and had a deep cut that required eight or nine stitches. It’s too deep an injury, I won’t have time to recover in such a short time and put up a big fight.
Everyone knows the importance of this fight. It’s not just a fight, it’s a title fight. We didn’t want to go into the tournament without preparation. I know a lot of people will judge and discuss this, but it’s an important fight for us, and I couldn’t be 80% ready when we need 120%,” Oliveira said on the social network.
Watch the UFC 294 tournament live stream on and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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