Few people would have expected Charles Oliveira to lose the lightweight title as easily as he did at UFC 280. After his highlight reel finishes over the likes of Justin Gaethje, Michael Chandler, and Dustin Poirier to become the 155-pound champion, Oliveira practically rolled over in his UFC 280 bout against Islam Makhachev.

‘Do Bronx’ lost the fight in the second round after Makhachev dropped Oliveira, and then proceeded to submit the downed Brazilian with an arm triangle choke. As he gears up to take on Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 300, in his second fight since UFC 280, for the no. 1 title contender status, UFC commentator Michael Bisping analyzed the reason for ‘Do Bronx’s loss against Makhachev.

Bisping thinks Charles Oliveira underestimated Makhachev

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping discussed the greatest fights that never got made in UFC history. He started off the video with the UFC 294 Makhachev vs. Oliveira rematch, which fell through after ‘Do Bronx’ got injured barely two weeks from the fight.

Speaking about their first encounter at UFC 280, Bisping felt that Oliveira paid the price for not respecting Islam Makhachev’s striking prowess, walking into a right hook from the Dagestani and getting submitted by him with relative ease.

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“All right, so starting this list of big fights that didn’t happen, we’re going to start with the rematch, okay? Islam Makhachev versus Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira. They already fought at UFC 280 and Isam Makhachev took him out of there in relatively easy style. Oliveira didn’t respect the threat of Islam, went forward, got beat on the feet, then he got taken down and then he got choked out pretty quickly,” the Englishman said.

This, Bisping felt, was uncharacteristic of Oliveira, who had spectacular wins over Gaethje, Poirier, and Chandler in the lead-up to his UFC 280 clash against Makhachev. After ‘Do Bronx’ pulled out shortly before their UFC 294 rematch due to his eye being cut during practice, the rematch did not materialize.

“Of course, they were scheduled to rematch at UFC 294 going down in Abu Dhabi but the fight didn’t happen just two weeks before kind of like Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, Olivera suffered a massive gash right on his eyebrow and yeah, no question, the man had to withdraw,” Bisping added. Oliveira may yet rematch Makhachev, though, if he can prove doubters wrong once again and win his upcoming UFC 300 bout.

Tsarukyan presents a serious challenge for Oliveira

Charles Oliveira will face promising #3 ranked lightweight prospect Arman Tsarukyan in a title eliminator at UFC 300. The 27-year-old is coming off a spectacular 64-second knockout of then #4 ranked Beneil Dariush late last year. With his excellent grappling skills and vicious stand-up, Tsarukyan is likely to be a tough challenge for Oliveira.

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While the bout will be a consequential one, Oliveira is in a worse position than he was last year. From a rematch against the champion, he now faces an uphill task against a young and hungry opponent in his athletic prime. However, Oliveira has a knack for proving people wrong and prevailing despite the odds being against him. This is why his UFC 300 clash against Tsarukyan is being looked forward to by fans. Will he beat the odds again? Or will he succumb to the young contender? We’ll find out in April.

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