Former undisputed light-weight champion, Charles Oliveira is but to guide his first outing of this annum, nonetheless, it might appear the Sao Paulo star can have a eager eye on the upcoming efficiency of surging Liverpool grappler, Paddy Pimblett as he prepares for his UFC 314 outing.
Oliveira, a fan-favorite former undisputed light-weight titleholder has been sidelined since handing soon-to-be common-foe, Michael Chandler a second loss of their sequence. Co-headlining the UFC 308 card in Madison Sq. Backyard final November, Oliviera turned in a one-sided unanimous determination win over the Missouri veteran over the course of 5 rounds.
And weighing up his probabilities of a rematch with Islam Makhachev off the again of his win in opposition to Chandler late final 12 months, Oliveira additionally confirmed curiosity in a title eliminator conflict with incoming featherweight megastar, Ilia Topuria.
“Whoever I get told to fight, I’m going to fight,” Charles Oliveira stated by way of Oddspedia. “I have nothing but respect for Ilia Topuria, but this is lightweight. It’s the most difficult division you have ever seen and I have power in my hands. I believe in my Jiu-Jitsu, but I believe that I could knock Illa Topuria out.”
Charles Oliveira weighs up future struggle with Paddy Pimblett after UFC 314
Nevertheless, moreover, the promotion’s most prolific submission ace and outright finisher spoke of a possible struggle with former Cage Warriors star, Pimblett, notably if he overcomes Chandler as quickly as April.
I’ve been watching Paddy Pimblett for some time, he talks lots and the folks on the UFC love that,” Charles Oliveira defined. “But right now he has a really important fight coming up and it’s going to be a really tough test. If he keeps climbing the ranks then we are going to fight, that’s for sure.”
