A potential lightweight contender fight between Charles Oliveira and Benil Dariush will take place on May 6 at UFC 288.
This was reported by Brazilian sportswriter Alvaro Colmenero with reference to the coach of the former UFC champion.
“Diego Lima, Charles Oliveira’s manager and trainer, has confirmed to me that Oliveira will fight Benil Dariush on May 6th at UFC 288,” a reporter wrote on the social media site.
Two weeks earlier, an American fighter announced that the fight was in development for May.
Last October at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, Charles Oliveira failed to capture the vacant UFC lightweight championship belt, losing by arm triangle choke in the second round to Islam Makhachev, and Benil Dariush scored his eighth consecutive victory at the same event, winning by unanimous decision. by Mateusz Gamrot.
At the moment, Charles Oliveira is in Australia, where, according to rumors, he will insure the title super fight between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski, who will head the UFC 284 tournament in Perth on February 11.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/30745-nazvana-data-boya-mezhdu-charlzom-olivejroj-i-benilom-dariushem.html?rand=19907
