Former UFC light-weight champion Charles Oliveira is after redemption subsequent trip, however not essentially reverse Arman Tsarukyan.
Oliveira was in Los Angeles final week, anticipating to see his seemingly subsequent opponent determined in a deliberate title conflict between champ Islam Makhachev and challenger Tsarukyan at UFC 311.
However after the Armenian withdrew 24 hours out from the pay-per-view occasion by harm, Oliveira’s countryman Renato Moicano stepped in and was rapidly submitted inside Inglewood’s Intuit Dome.
With that flip of occasions, it’s unclear what lies forward for Makhachev following his fourth profitable protection, particularly after UFC CEO Dana White said in no unsure phrases that Tsarukyan should re-earn the title alternative he initially secured with a win over Oliveira final April.
The person ousted from the primary contender spot seemingly plans to repeat the feat, pitching a five-round rematch with “Do Bronx” following this previous weekend’s disappointment.
However ought to the anticipate a possible second conflict with Makhachev be too lengthy for his liking, a sophomore dance with Tsarukyan apparently received’t be the route Oliveira appears in.
Throughout a current interview with the UFC, the Brazilian pointed to a distinct former adversary whom he’d wish to run it again with.
“I choose to go away it to my managers and focus solely on coaching and being with my household, however we’ll should see when he (Makhachev) will wish to come again now,” Oliveira mentioned. “If he solely desires to combat in October, I undoubtedly wish to combat earlier than that, so why not problem Max Holloway for the BMF belt?
“I believe Max himself talked about it (a doable rematch). We met earlier than, however I suffered an harm proper at first, so there wasn’t an precise combat,” Oliveira continued. “I believe we need to make this combat occur. He’s moved up, he’s the BMF, the hardest one. I’m very powerful myself, I maintain quite a lot of UFC data, so that may be big.”
When the pair first fought again in 2015, a sudden oesophagus harm sustained by Oliveira handed Holloway the win by TKO.
Speak of a rematch between the pair arose final November within the aftermath of “Do Bronx’s” win over Michael Chandler, with “Blessed” welcoming the possibility to defend his symbolic BMF belt for the primary time reverse the Brazilian fan favourite.
