Firas Zahabi doesn’t anticipate a rematch inbetween Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira to go any inadifferentway than the veryfirst battle.
Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) scored a dominant submission of Oliveira (34-9 MMA, 22-9 UFC) to claim the uninhabited light-weight title at UFC 280, snapping Oliveira’s 11-fight winning streak.
This past Saturday in the UFC 289 co-main occasion, Oliveira rebounded with a first-round TKO of the spotting Beneil Dariush, which put him as a frontrunner for a title shot. But Zahabi stated he didn’t see anything too various from Oliveira, who will have to modification his method in a prospective rematch versus Makhachev.
“It wouldn’t work versus Makhachev. Makhachev would put the discomfort on him,” Zahabi stated on his YouTube channel. “Makhachev would potentially even sub him. He needsto haveactually been in there revealing us he can beat a Makhachev.
“It’s not gonna be that interesting of a pre-fight analysis or a accumulation to the battle. It may not be, since h