Charles Oliveira has already made weight for his UFC 280 clash with Islam Makhachev for the light-weight championship, in accordance with his head teach, Diego Lima.
Lima told MMA combating that Oliveira hit a hundred and fifty five pounds on Thursday afternoon, more than eight hours before the reliable UFC 280 weigh-ins in Abu Dhabi.
The chief of Chute Boxe in Sao Paulo posted on Instagram crew Oliveira's celebration of a "sensational" weight reduce in Abu Dhabi, writing "we're going to bed with mission achieved, weight made with excellence – certainly one of our most reliable weight-cuts thus far."
Oliveira has had multiple issues on the size all over his featherweight run in the UFC. He become perfect, despite the fact, when he moved full-time to lightweight – except his previous bout, a title protection at UFC 274. Oliveira got here in half-pound over the limit, resulting in his being stripped of the title. He went on to beat Justin Gaethje by submission, but the title remained vacant.
On Saturday at Etihad area in Abu Dhabi, Oliveira faces Makhachev for the vacant belt, a pairing of two fighters with the longest successful streaks within the division; Oliveira has received his previous eleven, while Makhachev gets his lengthy-awaited shot on the title after going unbeaten in 10 bouts considering 2015.
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