MOSCOW, Oct 23, Oleg Bogatov. Mixed martial arts fighter (MMA) Islam Makhachev very confidently defeated Charles Oliveira in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title fight, the Brazilian had never faced such a level of rivalry and could not cope with the overwhelming pressure of the Russian on the ground, promoter Kamil Gadzhiev said. Makhachev on Saturday in the main fight of the UFC 280 tournament in Abu Dhabi ahead of schedule defeated Oliveira by choke in the second round. The previous divisional champion was Oliveira, who lost the belt in May after failing to weigh in ahead of a fight with American Justin Gaethje. Makhachev won the 11th fight in a row and broke the Brazilian's winning streak of the same number of fights. «Makhachev's victory was even more convincing than I expected,» Gadzhiev said. «It was a great fight performed by Islam, he dominated absolutely on all counts. I believed in his victory and objectively considered him the favorite, but I didn’t even think that it would turn out to be, let’s say, easy.Islam is strong, and it is important that he was able not to squeeze, as often happens when you get a chance, a title fight. Come out and fight, but you can’t relax, loosen up and show yourself in your best shape. And Islam came out and showed, if not the best version of himself, then probably close to the best. «Oliveira is a master anyway, but with such a level he has not yet faced opposition,» the expert stressed. «Everyone praised him, praised his jiu-jitsu, but knowledgeable people said that he had not yet fought people who could fight like Islam below. When a concrete slab of kilograms falls on you two hundred in weight, probably, there are such sensations as Charles experienced. But this is according to those who trained with Islam. And such a plate has not yet laid down on Oliveira. Before this fight. «The Russian is 31 years old, he has 23 wins and one loss in MMA.
