Dana White recently came up with a massive announcement for UFC 300, which is to take place on April 13, 2024. Charles Oliveira is set to take on Arman Tsarukyan for the number 1 contender fight for the UFC lightweight title. However, a UFC legend seems to have a very different take on the matchup.

UFC legend and MMA analyst, Chael Sonnen, in a recent YouTube video, told fans why the matchup doesn’t make sense for him. He claimed that Charles Oliveira didn’t want the fight. However, for a very unexpected reason. Here is what Chael Sonnen said about the matchup.

Chael Sonnen claims Oliveira is scared to fight Islam Makhachev

Chael Sonnen in the video, claims that Arman Tsarukyan vs Charles Oliveira won’t take place. He questions why Oliveira would want to take a fight to go up against Islam Makhachev, stating, “How does Charles find motivation and number one contenders matches when it draws him to the only thing he doesn’t want?”

Sonnen goes on to claim that Oliveira is the second-best fighter in the division, stating, “I don’t pick on him at all. He’s proven he’s great. He’s the second-best fighter in the division. He is proven he’s the second-best fighter in the division. That’s pretty damn impressive.”

However, despite saying that, Sonnen goes on to give his reasons for Oliveira not wanting to fight Islam Makhachev, even going as far as to claim, that he avoided the Makhachev fight. He states, “he doesn’t want to fight Islam to the degree that he has refused to fight Islam… His coach came out and told the world that he was offered Islam and he said no, that was the very first Volkanovski fight.”

However, despite Sonnen’s claims, Charles Oliveira is set to fight Tsarukyan, and if all goes well, the winner will eventually fight the Champion of the lightweight division. But what are the betting odds for the two fighters?

Betting odds for the recently announced fights

Dana White recently announced two fights that blew the minds of fans. The first one was a matchup between Dustin Poirier and Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299 and the Oliveira and Tsarukyan fight at UFC 300. However, what’s coming off as surprising is the betting odds.

According to Draft Kings, the fighters expect to open as betting favorites failed to do so. Charles Oliveira is coming in at a +140 betting underdog against Tsarukyan with a -166 favorite and Poirier as a +128 betting underdog against Saint-Denis with a +148. However, the odds might change as we come closer to the fight.

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Given that Dana White has announced two outstanding fights, How do you expect them to play out? Let us know in the comments section below.

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