Charles Oliveira prices UFC 318 headliner Dustin Poirier’s striking really extremely.
Oliveira (35-10 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 23-10 UFC) has actually dealt with the light-weight department’s elite, from the similarity Islam Makhachev, to Arman Tsarukyan, to Dustin Poirier, and Justin Gaethje.
“Do Bronx” was stopped by Poirier in their light-weight title battle at UFC 269, yet rallied to send him in Round 3. Poirier will certainly enter the octagon for a last time when he tests BMF champ Max Holloway in the UFC 318 centerpiece on July 19 from his home state of Louisiana.
Having dealt with both Poirier (30-9 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 22-8 UFC) and Holloway (26-8 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 22-8 UFC), Oliveira shared his forecast for the battle.
“When I fought Holloway, I didn’t have the chance to fight because it was too fast because I had an injury,” Oliveira informed Full Violence in an equated meeting. “I think Holloway is a guy who moves a lot, a guy who catches. But man, Dustin Poirier is a guy that I have huge respect for. For me, of all of the guys I’ve fought, he’s the one with the sharpest boxing. He fights more consciously, he has a very heavy hand. He knows how to play the game. He will fight at home practically, so I think Poirier wins.”
Oliveira will certainly seek to redeem the light-weight title when he tackles Ilia Topuria (16-0 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 8-0 UFC) for the uninhabited belt in the UFC 317 headliner on June 28 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
