Daniel Cormier was impressed by Charles Oliveira at UFC 289, but still puts him a level below Islam Makhachev . Oliveira (34-9 MMA, 22-9 UFC) scored a Round 1 TKO of Beneil Dariush (22-5-1 MMA, 16-5-1 UFC) in this past Saturday’s co-main event at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Although Oliveira was recently submitted by lightweight champion Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) in dominant fashion at UFC 280 in October, Cormier thinks we’ll see a rematch – and he expects a better performance from Oliveira this time around. “He needed something big tonight in order to merit or earn another shot at Islam Makhachev’s championship,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel
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