Fans had kept their fingers crossed for Charles Oliveira facing Islam Makhachev again at UFC 294. But after suffering an eyebrow cut in a sparring session, Oliveira decided to opt-out, following which he recently shared the future course he has charted for himself.
Charles Oliveira desires to face Conor McGregor
In an interview recently, Oliveira expressed the desire to face McGregor next.
He said, “The Conor fight is a fight I’ve been asking for a long time. ... It’s a fight that will give us a lot of money. Conor sells, Charles also sells. It’s a fight that everybody wants."
He reasoned why he deserves what he desires, “I’m the No. 1 contender, and I beat everybody else below me.”
Oliveira’s verbal spat with McGregor
Recently, after McGregor posted that fighting was his motivation, Oliveira taunted him that he was without motivation for two years. Conor taunted his absence and called the Brazilian star “nobody”.
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