Charles Oliveira Not Offered on Poirier or Tsarukyan Defeating Islam Makhachev
Throughout an interview with MMAFighting.com‘s Guilherme Cruz, Charles Oliveira mentioned that whereas Dustin Poirier has the punching energy to close anybody’s lights off, he thinks Islam Makhachev will keep away from hazard.
“He has heavy fingers and hits exhausting, so he positively can knock him out, however I feel Islam stays as champion.”
As for Arman Tsarukyan, Oliveira isn’t bought on “Akhalkalakets’” type being sufficient to dethrone the 155-pound champion.
“Arman is a man that takes you down and holds you there your entire time,” Oliveira mentioned. “No method. It’s not a combat he can win.”
Tsarukyan has a break up resolution win over Oliveira. Their combat befell at UFC 300 again in April. Tsarukyan claims he was supplied the UFC 302 spot to problem Makhachev, however he didn’t really feel there was sufficient time to arrange for Makhachev, who has had extra time to relaxation since his final combat was again in October 2023.
Whereas not set in stone, it might actually appear that Tsarukyan is the rightful contender for the winner of Makhachev vs. Poirier. Tsarukyan has blended it up with Makhachev earlier than in a aggressive three-round combat. Islam received that battle through unanimous resolution, however each fighters have grown since their encounter.