Athletistic/MMA. Brazilian MMA fighter Charles Oliveira has reacted to his withdrawal from the fight with Russian Islam Makhachev. Earlier it became known that Oliveira would not be able to fight Islam due to a serious cut on his eyebrow.

Oliveira withdrew from fight with Makhachev due to cut; Volkanovski will replace him

“I’m sorry,” Oliveira wrote on social media, posting a photo of his injured eyebrow.

The fight between Oliveira and Makhachev was scheduled to take place on October 21 during the UFC 294 tournament in Abu Dhabi (UAE). Charles will now be replaced by Australian Alex Volkanovski, whom Makhachev already met in February 2023. Then the Russian fighter won by decision.


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