Oliveira: "Everyone knows I didn't want to fight Makhachev"

Dmitriy Kel Aug. 4, 2022, 4:10 p.m.

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira admitted that he was not interested in fighting for the vacant title with Islam Makhachev.

“I didn’t want to fight Makhachev, everyone knows that. I wanted to get big money for another fight. But I'm not a UFC employee and I can't do anything about it. We tried to negotiate on all fronts.

I tried to get a fight in New York since that's no man's land. In the end, it was decided that I would perform in Abu Dhabi. However, it does not matter, because the octagon is the same anywhere in the world, ”MMA News quotes Oliveira.

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The fight between Oliveira and Makhachev will headline the UFC 280 tournament, which will be held on October 22 in Abu Dhabi.

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