UFC and Dana White Puts Major PPV: UFC News: The date of Islam Makhachev’s upcoming championship defence is now known. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSports.IN.
According to a statement made by UFC president Dana White on Wednesday night, the lightweight champion will defend his title against former champion Charles Oliveira in a rematch in the main event of UFC 294 on Oct. 21 in Abu Dhabi.
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By weight, Makhachev was ranked second in the world, and Oliveira was ranked sixth. At UFC 280 in October of last year, Makhachev defeated Oliveira via submission to capture the lightweight division’s vacant crown.
Khamzat Chimaev will make a comeback at UFC 294 to take on middleweight veteran Paulo Costa, according to Dana White. Despite the fact that the two competitors “do not like each other,” UFC president Dana White predicted a dynamite combatant.
Nassourdine Imavov will compete on the same bill as Ikram Aliskerov, who was scheduled to fight Costa in Salt Lake City the following weekend.
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In February at UFC 284, Makhachev (24-1) defeated featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski by unanimous decision. The native of Dagestan has won 12 straight UFC matches. Khabib Nurmagomedov, a former lengthy lightweight champion, has trained with Makhachev, 31, for several years.
At UFC 289 last month, Oliveira (34-9, 1 NC) defeated Beneil Dariush by first-round TKO to force a rematch. In May 2021, the fighter of Brazilian descent defeated Michael Chandler to claim the lightweight championship. However, he was stripped of the title in May 2022 before a match with Justin Gaethje because he failed to make weight. The 33-year-old Oliveira leads the UFC record books for finishes (20) and submission victories (16).
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