UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev And former holder of this title Charles Oliveira could meet once again in the Octagon at UFC 297, scheduled for January 20 in Toronto, Canada. Such information is available renowned journalist Ariel Helwani.
“The UFC’s current plan—although nothing has been officially confirmed—is to make the Islam Makhachev-Charles Oliveira rematch the main event of UFC 297, which takes place on January 20 in Toronto.
Initially, the main event of this show was supposed to be a confrontation between Volkanovski and Topuria, but now this fight is planned to be moved to February,” Helwani wrote in X.
Let us remember that the first fight between Makhachev and Oliveira took place in October last year and ended with the victory of the Dagestani by choke in the second round. On October 21 at UFC 294, the fighters were supposed to have a second fight, but the Brazilian dropped out due to a cut. As a result, Islam fought with Alexander Volkanovski, defeating him by knockout in the first five minutes.
