Excitement levels peaked during Friday’s UFC 280 ceremonial weigh-ins featuring pay-per-view headliners Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev, with both fighters set to collide for the vacant lightweight championship in one of the most anticipated matchups of the year.
Both men engaged in a staredown-of-the-year candidate before ‘Do Bronx’ declared himself ‘the lion of the lightweights’ while Makhachev hyped up the Abu Dhabi crowd by promising victory tomorrow afternoon.
Check out the face-off below, courtesy of MMA Fighting.
The intensity between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev has been there all week #UFC280 pic.