Former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira recently gave his take on his brutal submission loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 280. Charles Oliveira was on an 11-fight winning streak heading into the bout. “Do Bronx” won the title vacated by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 262 with a TKO win over Michael Chandler. Oliveira retained the gold against Dustin Poirier at UFC…
Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev competed for the coveted UFC lightweight title at UFC 280. ‘Do Bronx’ was looking to win back the title that he lost on the weigh-in scale at UFC 274. Despite ‘do Bronx’ defeating Justin Gaethje in the pay-per-view’s main event, he was not crowned as the champion due to missing…
Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira shared an emotional moment in the octagon after their fight at UFC 280 for the lightweight title. The Dagestani fighter submitted Oliveira in round two, earning him the lightweight title and breaking the Brazilian’s 11-fight win streak. The two fighters faced each other after months of anticipation and both were…
Chael Sonnen has taken a look back at some of the most astounding judges’ decisions in combat sports history following the controversy at last weekend’s UFC 280. The controversy unfolded after Bruce Buffer announced Sean O’Malley as the winner of his fight versus Petr Yan. Boos erupted when the verdict was read, and many UFC…
Sean O’Malley has issued a response to the criticism he faced after his fight at UFC 280. ‘Sugar’ took on former bantamweight champion Petr Yan in a three-round bout at the pay-per-view event. The fight was a huge jump in competition for O’Malley, who gave a good account of himself and went toe-to-toe with ‘No…
Khamzat Chimaev was recently involved in a dust-up with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s cousin, Abubakar Nurmagomedov, at UFC 280. New footage of the incident made the rounds online and revealed what was said when they crossed paths at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. In the video, Chimaev is seen greeting Nurmagomedov by giving him a playful…
Daniel Cormier has weighed in on Sean O’Malley’s controversial split decision victory over Petr Yan in their bantamweight bout at UFC 280 on October 22. Many in the MMA community, including Cormier, seemingly believe that Yan should’ve been awarded the win on the judges’ scorecards. As per the official scorecards, octagon-side judges Ben Cartlidge and…
Khabib Nurmagomedov has joined the list of people who believe Petr Yan should have won the judges’ decision against Sean O’Malley at UFC 280. O’Malley put up a fight against Yan and emerged with the biggest win of his career. Although ‘Sugar’ earned respect from the MMA community, most fans and analysts thought ‘No Mercy’…
Following his loss at UFC 280 this past Saturday, Charles Oliveira issued an emotional statement addressing what went wrong and apologized to those who have always supported him. The Brazilian headed into his lightweight title bout with complete confidence that he would get the job done as he had for the 11 fights prior, but…
Sean O’Malley scored the biggest win of his career by upsetting Petr Yan via split decision at UFC 280. However, many of his fellow fighters don’t seem convinced that he deserves the nod. The bantamweight stars battled it out in a thrilling three-round fight. Living up to the hype, O’Malley and Yan battered and bloodied…
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