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12:46 AM ET Charles Oliveira defeated Michael Chandler by TKO in the second round to win the vacant lightweight title Saturday night in the main event of UFC 262 at Toyota Center. The stoppage came at 19 seconds of Round 2. Oliveira becomes the first UFC lightweight champ who isn’t Khabib Nurmagomedov since Conor McGregor
Among the many fighters who responded to Charles Oliveira’s impressive title win at UFC 262 was former two-division champ Conor McGregor. McGregor’s message to the new Brazilian champion wasn’t anything overtly hostile and appeared to be a nod to his signature whiskey. But it still drew a response from Oliveira at the post-fight press conference.
Featured News UFC May 15, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Beneil Dariush is declared the winner by decision against Tony Ferguson during UFC 262 at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports UFC 262 was a pivotal moment in Tony Ferguson’s 10-year UFC run. A loss to Beneil Dariush would be the third straight and
“I think I got more pop from that fight than any of my other fights, and it just sucks that I didn’t get the win,” Burgos said as he shook his head. “It really pisses me off, honestly. It’s frustrating and I feel like I let it slip through my fingers. I really got caught
Marvin Vettori thinks Israel Adesanya has a massive weakness in his ground game. Vettori will be challenging current UFC middleweight champion Adesanya in hopes of dethroning the “The Last Stylebender” at UFC 263 on June 12th. The Italian has high hopes of exploiting what he recognises as Adesanya’s Achilles heel: his ground game, which Vettori
We’re two weeks away from the one year anniversary of Jon Jones and the UFC’s relationship turning completely sour. On May 31st, 2020, a frustrated Jon Jones publicly declared he was giving up his light heavyweight title and riding off into the sunset until the UFC paid him more fairly for his fights. This has
UFC 262 highlights & recap: Charles Oliveira defeats Michael Chandler to become champ Watch the UFC 262 highlights and recap from the lightweight championship bout between newly crowned champion Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler from Saturday’s event at the Toyota Center in Houston. Oliveira became the 11th UFC lightweight champion, taking the slot vacated by
By Simon Samano, The Blue Corner | May 16, 2021 5:06 pm Follow @SJSamano Beneil Dariush scored the biggest win of his career Saturday night at UFC 262, where he dominated Tony Ferguson to earn a clean-sweep unanimous decision in their lightweight co-man event. A big win on a big stage meant a big –
2:04 AM ET Charles Oliveira‘s last defeat came in December 2017, a loss to Paul Felder via second-round TKO. That was his fourth loss in a six-fight stretch. He had missed weight four times in the previous five years and started his UFC career a pedestrian 10-8, with one no contest. I asked Felder on
HOUSTON — Flyweight Andrea Lee speaks with reporters backstage at the Toyota Center following her second-round submission win over Antonina Shevchenko at UFC 262. “KGB” recapped her first UFC finish, talks about the length of time she had the triangle in, wanting to keep it out of the judges’ hands, fighting in front of the
Featured News UFC May 15, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Charles Oliveira reacts following his championship victory against Michael Chandler during UFC 262 at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The main event of UFC 262 featured a lightweight title fight between two men who took very different paths to this moment. For Michael
For the first time in three years, a new UFC lightweight champion will be crowned as No. 3 ranked contender Charles Oliveira and No. 4 Michael Chandler vie for the vacant belt. Also co-headlining the card will be former interim UFC lightweight champion and No. 5 ranked contender Tony Ferguson and No. 9 ranked Beneil
UFC 262 crowned a new lightweight champion with Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira. It also was the second event that had fans in attendance. This time, the Toyota Center in Houston Texas to another sold-out crowd, and if more proof was needed after UFC 261 that fans can fuel fighters, UFC 262 proved to be just
Charles Oliveira captured the vacant lightweight title by smashing Michael Chandler in the UFC 262 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last night (Sat., May 15, 2021) inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, a spectacular second-round finish that followed a batshit opening frame. That’s pretty much every Chandler fight, which is why UFC did not hesitate to
Dustin Poirier reacts to Charles Oliveira winning UFC lightweight title Top ranked lightweight Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier reacted to Charles Oliveira capturing the 155-pound title at UFC 262 on Saturday. Oliveira was badly hurt by Michael Chandler in the first round of the main event title bout, but survived. In the opening moments of the
By Mike Bohn and John Morgan | May 16, 2021 2:55 am HOUSTON – Charles Oliveira appear willing to oblige to a UFC title defense against Conor McGregor, but he reminded the Irishman that he has business to handle first. Oliveira (31-8 MMA, 19-8 UFC) claimed the vacant lightweight belt on Saturday with a second-round
The UFC record holder for most submission wins, Charles Oliveira has made his opponents fearful of grappling with him since he first stepped into the Octagon in 2010. Take a glimpse through some highlights of his decade-long career with the promotion and current eight-fight win streak that propelled Oliveira to a title shot. Subscribe to