Javier Mendez thinks Charles Oliveira deserves a title shot after UFC 289. Oliveira (34-9 MMA, 22-9 UFC) needed less than a round to TKO 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. Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev scored a dominant submission of Oliveira this past October at UFC 280, but Mendez thinks Oliveira’s quick finish of the streaking Dariush was enough to earn him a rematch. “Charles has earned that right to be No.
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Javier Mendez: Charles Oliveira earned right to be No. 1 in line for Islam Makhachev – MMA Junkie