Former undisputed lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira is the latest star to stake his claim for a title rematch with UFC 311 headliner, Islam Makhachev, claiming he is “next” for the Russian off the back of his dominant submission stoppage tonight in California.
Sat front row at the Intuit Dome tonight, Oliveira watched on with a keen eye on the event headliner — as former-foe, Makahchev took on compatriot and short-notice replacement, Renato Moicano, making light work of the Brazilian with a dominant opening round D’Arce choke submission.
Slated initially to share the Octagon with surging contender and common-foe, Arman Tsarukyan tonight, Makhachev was briefly left opponent-less, after the Armenian suffering an unspecified back injury whilst cutting weight for the rematch clash in the early hours of Friday morning.