HOUSTON – Charles Oliveira appear willing to oblige to a UFC title defense against Conor McGregor , but he reminded the Irishman that he has business to handle first. Oliveira (31-8 MMA, 19-8 UFC) claimed the vacant lightweight belt on Saturday with a second-round TKO of Michael Chandler (22-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in the UFC 262 headliner at the Toyota Center in Houston. Minutes after the win, McGregor took to social media and made it known he was coming for the belt. During his post-fight news conference, Oliveira responded to McGregor’s (22-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) tweet and made it clear he had interest in the matchup, but only if “The Notorious” wins his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier (27-6 MMA, 19-5 UFC) at UFC 264 on July 10, which is far from a foregone conclusion.
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