Comply with the UFC 309 stay weblog for Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler 2, the light-weight co-main occasion this Saturday in New York.
It is a rematch of their Could 2021 encounter at UFC 262. On that night time, Oliveira survived an early flurry from Chandler to come back again for a second-round knockout victory and declare a vacant light-weight title.
Saturday’s bout is to be contested over 5 rounds.
Oliveira—at the moment No. 4 at 155 kilos within the MMA Preventing International Rankings and No. 17 on our Pound-for-Pound checklist—efficiently defended the title two straight instances, submitting fan favourite lightweights Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje. In his previous three fights, he misplaced the championship to Islam Makhachev, bounced again with a first-round TKO of Beniel Dariush, after which misplaced a aggressive cut up choice to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 300.
Each he and Chandler are aiming to placed on a efficiency that retains them on the entrance of the title image. After spending a lot of the previous two years chasing a bout with UFC star Conor McGregor that failed to come back to fruition (the 2 have been scheduled to struggle at UFC 303 earlier than McGregor withdrew as a consequence of an harm), Chandler finds himself with the chance to avenge a loss to one in all his most embellished opponents. Chandler has misplaced three of his previous 4 fights, however the former Bellator staple not often disappoints in terms of delivering motion as he has 4 post-fight bonuses in 5 UFC appearances.
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