MOSCOW, Aug 24 Former Champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in lightweight Brazilian Charles Oliveira said that he agreed to fight with Russian Islam Makhachev because of his desire to fight former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor. fight for the lightweight title against Oliveira. Previously, this belt belonged to Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov, who ended his career in October 2020 undefeated (29 wins in 29 fights). «I like this story. It would be perfect (to fight McGregor). We asked for this fight in Brazil. I hope I want to fight him. That's the only reason I agreed to fight (with Makhachev). The more wins, the more chances that the fight with McGregor will take place. I would like to leave the octagon, knowing who I have I will have the next fight. I would advise McGregor to carefully monitor what he will tell me (in Brazil),” Oliveira said in an interview published on the ESPN MMA YouTube channel. Makhachev is 30 years old, he has 22 wins and one defeat in mixed martial arts. Oliveira is 32 years old and has 33 wins and eight losses. At the moment, Makhachev and Oliveira's unbeaten streaks are 10 and 11 wins in a row, respectively. In May, Oliveira did not meet the weight before the title fight, which is why he was stripped of the lightweight title.
