According to Ali Abdelaziz, Islam Makhachev or Beneil Dariush will face Charles Oliveira. Any of the two fighters will face Oliveira for the lightweight title. Conor McGregor won’t fight against him.
Islam Makhachev or Beneil Dariush will become the new lightweight champion. Once one of the two finds himself in front of Charles Oliveira.
Abdelaziz has a lot of respect for him and the type of fighter he is. He believes that his two proteges are both superior and better than Oliveira.
I’m sorry, Brazil, I love you, but Charles Oliveira won’t be the champion in October.
He will lose. I think he didn’t fight grapplers like Islam or Beneil.
Even in wrestling, they are better than him, better than him in grappling. Oliveira has become a very smart fighter too, but I don’t see that he can beat any of these guys.
Abdelaziz also told that it would not be McGregor who would fight for the lightweight title.
He said:
The best are supposed to fight the best in the UFC, right? Conor McGregor is not going to come and fight for the title. Michael Chandler is not going to fight for the title. It will be Beneil or Islam.
For him, it is recorded that the Irishman will not have his chance.
Everything suggests that he may be right because we do not yet know when Conor McGregor will return. Even if he has resumed training.
And the UFC might not want to wait to have a lightweight champion after Oliveira’s cutting disappointment at UFC 274.
For his part, Beneil Dariush still hopes to meet Islam Makhachev this summer. Though his injury forced him to cancel their first fight.
