Former opponents Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev have nothing but respect for each other. Makhachev ended Oliveira's lightweight title reign with a dominant submission win at UFC 280 in 2022.
including Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira. "With me, it's going to be very difficult. And even more so at [lightweight]. If I didn't have to cut weight, my goodness. My goodness. I could ...
Belal Muhammad once suggested that Charles Oliveira intentionally sustained a cut to avoid competing in a scheduled matchup against Islam Makhachev.