{"id":444,"date":"2022-10-14T11:13:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T10:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=444"},"modified":"2022-10-15T11:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T10:18:53","slug":"chares-oliveira-ill-shock-the-world-vs-islam-makhachev-at-ufc-280-espn-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/chares-oliveira-ill-shock-the-world-vs-islam-makhachev-at-ufc-280-espn-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Chares Oliveira: I\u2019ll shock the world vs. Islam Makhachev at UFC 280 | ESPN MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UFC sensation\u00a0Charles Oliveira\u00a0believes he will shock the world if he can defeat\u00a0Islam Makhachev\u00a0at UFC 280.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next weekend in the main event of UFC 280, Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev will collide in one of the most highly anticipated championship fights in years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oliveira, technically speaking, does not hold the gold \u2013 but he certainly holds the position of king in the wake of his tremendous 11-fight win streak that he\u2019s been on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0UFC 280: Khabib Nurmagomedov gives prediction for Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These two great 155-pounders aren\u2019t exactly bitter rivals but in the last couple of weeks, they certainly haven\u2019t held back when it comes to throwing trash talk at one another.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s particularly true for Makhachev who, if you believe what he says, fully believes he\u2019s going to walk through the Brazilian.<\/p>\n<p>The same can be said for his close friend\u00a0Khabib Nurmagomedov\u00a0who has also been very vocal about this match-up and what he believes will happen.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with ESPN, \u2018Do Bronx\u2019 got his chance to provide a rebuttal.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Video: Charles Oliveira is ready for UFC 280<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_89069\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F8sGGKxSYNM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m gonna shock the world yet again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m gonna do that in the first round. Opinions are subjective, and some people believe that I would be a potential winner, he would be a potential winner. But I\u2019m gonna show that my historic, my background, the number of fights I\u2019ve had, my contenders, this will come to show on that very night. In this sense, I will shock the world, because people will change their opinion about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oliveira was then asked whether or not Khabib\u2019s presence is looming over this title fight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWell, my fight is against Islam. Whenever he\u2019s willing to get back and get on with it, I\u2019ll be always ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The run of a lifetime<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The stretch leading up to Charles Oliveira becoming UFC lightweight champion was fairly remarkable, but the real \u2018statement pieces\u2019 of his streak have taken place in his last three outings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read more:\u00a0UFC 280: Date, Fight Card, Location, Tickets and more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In those meetings, he was able to see off the challenge of Michael Chandler, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gaethje fell in round one, Chandler in round two and Poirier in round three, with none of them being able to withstand the new and improved Charles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Can Islam break the status quo? We\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC sensation\u00a0Charles Oliveira\u00a0believes he will shock the world if he can defeat\u00a0Islam Makhachev\u00a0at UFC 280. Next weekend in the main event of UFC 280, Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev will collide in one of the most highly anticipated championship fights in years. 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