CHARLES OLIVEIRA VS. ISLAM MAKHACHEV: THE BEST FIGHT IN LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
Charles Oliveira is in new for the last couple of days, after his impressive win over Justin Gaethje on Saturday. Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje headlined the UFC 274 PPV Card that took place at the Footprint Centre Phoenix, Arizona. Charles Oliveira finished Justin with Rear Naked Choke in First round after facing adversity early in the round. Gaethje hurt Oliveira twice early in the fight, but Charles came back and hit Justin with a devastating right hand and dropped Gaethje, after that he finished him on the ground with RNC submission.
Unfortunately, Charles was not declared as The Lightweight Champion, because he missed Championship weight on Friday and UFC stripped him of his title. Nevertheless, fans still see him as Lightweight Champion as he didn’t lose the fight; but UFC Lightweight Champion is vacant right now and Charles Oliveira is No 1 contender. Charles became the superstar now; people are impressed with Oliveira and his exciting fighting style. After this win, people are more interested in thenext Charles Oliveira fight because there are a lot of exciting fights lining up for Charles right now.
The biggest fight UFC can make right now is Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev, because this would be the best stylistic match up in the lightweight division. Beside the great match up, both guys are at the top of their game and have big winning streaks. Charles has 11 fight winning streak, while Makhachev is on a 10 fight winning streak. It is the fight, fans wanting to see for a long time because it’s the battle of two different disciplines: BJJ vs. Sambo it’s just inevitable to make this fight.
They are a lot of different opinions about this fight, some people said that Islam doesn’t’ deserve to fight for the title because he didn’t beat any top 5 fighters. On the other side, a majority believes that Islam should fight Charles next because it’s not Islam’s fault that he didn’t get to fight top 5 fighters and he has a dominant winning streak in division, Islam has finished his last four fights in 13 months so he deserves a title fight. There are many more different opinions about this fight; fans are not on the same page.
Charles Oliveira himself is asking to fight Conor McGregor and suggesting Islam Makhachev to fight against Beneil Dariush to earn his title shot. Charles is probably looking to fight Conor McGregor because Conor is the biggest star in the sport; he brings a lot of attention and eyes to the sport and makes the event much bigger. This fight is difficult to make right now because Conor is still unfit to fight after his leg injury and he will probably not fight this year. Oliveira has to sit out for more than 6 to 8 months to fight Conor, which will probably not sit well with the whole division. Beneil Dariush is also recovering from his leg injury and he will not able to compete for a few months, which only leave the option of Charles vs. Islam fight.
Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev is the perfect fight to make right now, and the UFC can sell this fight very well because they are the two best fighters in the division right now.
