Dariush clearly sees this as a sign of where he should take the fight, as he believes he out-grapples Oliveira nearly every day of the week. Both Oliveira and Makhachev come into this fight on 11 and 10-fight winning streaks respectively, and should present an intriguing matchup between two fighters who thrive on the ground in grappling situations. “Do Bronx” had his own wild 12-fight win streak going before Islam Makhachev took him out with an arm-triangle choke back in Nov. In the main event, Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev meet for the vacant UFC lightweight title. “They said, ‘Yeah, you’re the number one contender.’”īeating Oliveira won’t be an easy task. “So yeah, they didn’t gimme that spiel,” he continued. What if Khabib comes back? Or what if Volkanovski wants to fight?’ And there you go, Volkanovski did fight.’ After the Gamrot fight, before the Gamrot fight, I asked, ‘hey, if I win this fight, I get the title shot, right?’ And I think it was Sean, and Sean gave me this spiel like, ‘Well, we don’t know what tomorrow brings. “I’ve asked, I think after the Tony fight, I thought maybe they would. “Fortunately, the UFC did give me their word, which is not usual for them,” Dariush told Submission Radio in a new interview. That’s what UFC has reportedly told him, and he says they’re normally pretty slippery about promising anything.ĭariush ‘Ready To Go Nuts’ Danger! Hungry Oliveira ‘Hunting’ Dariush All he has to do is get past Charles Oliveira in UFC 289’s pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event this weekend (Sat., June 10, 2023) and he’s a lock. Now, Dariush has declared he’s one win away from a shot at the belt. So, over time, the Iranian standout accepted that he’d have to work twice as hard and win twice as much to earn a title shot. A win for Dariush (22-4-1), who is looking to extend the streak to eight, would give him a title shot against reigning champ Islam Makhachevthe man who defeated Oliveira in October for the. When you have blood-and-guts guys like Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje out there engaging in violent slugfests, it can be difficult for a relatively understated fellow like Dariush to break through to the common fan. 4-ranked Beneil Dariush in the co-feature with 155-pound title implications on the line.ĭon’t miss a single second of EPIC face-punching action!Ī big part of it has to do with how exciting the 155-pound division is. 1-seeded contender, Charles Oliveira, battles No. 5-ranked 135-pound contender, Irene Aldana, while former Lightweight kingpin and current No. In UFC 289’s pay-per-view (PPV) main event, women’s Bantamweight champion, Amanda Nunes, will lock horns with No. Weighing in on this highly-anticipated matchup. 1 11 N/C 1 Upcoming Fights UFC 289 JRogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Charles Oliveira 33-9-0 (WIN-LOSS-DRAW) Beneil Dariush 22-4-1 (WIN-LOSS-DRAW) See entire.
OCTAGON RETURNS TO THE GREAT WHITE NORTH! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to Canada for the first time in almost four years when it hosts UFC 289 inside Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sat., June 10, 2023. Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira is all set to face Islam Makhachev for the vacant UFC lightweight title at UFC 280 on October 22.
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