UFC Lightweight fighter Charles Oliveira recently spoke to MMAFighting and said that the UFC matchmakers should be putting him in the cage with Dustin Poirier. Poirier of course defeated Conor McGregor this past weekend at UFC 257 via TKO in the second round and put himself in contention for a potential Lightweight title fight.
“That’s the fight to make” Oliveira stated during the interview. “Dustin Poirier himself said this is the fight to make. I’m coming off eight straight wins, and I’m not playing games in the division, and he knows that.”
Charles Oliveira on Tony Ferguson
“What’s left? There’s nowhere to go” Charles Oliveira continued. “The UFC gave me Tony Ferguson on 20 days’ notice, ’˜The Boogeyman,’ and you all saw what happened. They put Dustin Poirier against Conor McGregor ’“ everybody knows how important [McGregor] is for the promotion ’“ and look what Dustin Poirier did. Don’t we deserve this title fight? This is the fight to make.”
Oliveira finished by praising Poirier. “Dustin Poirier is really tough on the feet and on the ground,” Oliveira stated. “Everybody knows I’m evolving on the feet, and I don’t shy away from trading with anyone. But also everybody knows how dangerous I am when I take people down. I respect everyone, but this is my moment and my time. I’ll be the UFC champion in 2021. Knockout or submission, it doesn’t matter, my hands will be raised in the end.”
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