Oliveira withdrew from his fight at UFC 294 due to a cut. Instead, Makhachev fought Alexander Volkanovski in October 2023 and knocked him out in the first round.
As shown in the “UFC Empire” series, promotion officials attempted to arrange a fight between Makhachev and Oliveira for November’s UFC 295 tournament after Jon Jones was injured.
However, Oliveira refused the offer as his cut had not yet healed at that time.
As a result, the main event of UFC 295 was the fight between Alex Pereira and Jiri Prohazka, in which the Brazilian won.
Source: Sport
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