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

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.

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