Charles Oliveira costs UFC 318 headliner Dustin Poirier’s placing actually extraordinarily.
Oliveira (35-10 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 23-10 UFC) has truly handled the lightweight division’s elite, from the similarity Islam Makhachev, to Arman Tsarukyan, to Dustin Poirier, and Justin Gaethje.
“Do Bronx” was stopped by Poirier of their lightweight title battle at UFC 269, but rallied to ship him in Round 3. Poirier will definitely enter the octagon for a final time when he checks BMF champ Max Holloway within the UFC 318 centerpiece on July 19 from his house state of Louisiana.
Having handled each Poirier (30-9 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 22-8 UFC) and Holloway (26-8 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 22-8 UFC), Oliveira shared his forecast for the battle.
“When I fought Holloway, I didn’t have the chance to fight because it was too fast because I had an injury,” Oliveira knowledgeable Full Violence in an equated assembly. “I think Holloway is a guy who moves a lot, a guy who catches. But man, Dustin Poirier is a guy that I have huge respect for. For me, of all of the guys I’ve fought, he’s the one with the sharpest boxing. He fights more consciously, he has a very heavy hand. He knows how to play the game. He will fight at home practically, so I think Poirier wins.”
Oliveira will definitely search to redeem the lightweight title when he tackles Ilia Topuria (16-0 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 8-0 UFC) for the uninhabited belt within the UFC 317 headliner on June 28 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
