Charles Oliveira won the lightweight championship by stopping Michael Chandler early in the second round of their UFC 262 bout in 2021. Oliveira entered the fight riding an eight-fight winning streak. He’d of course go on to win the lightweight championship before losing it to current titleholder Islam Makhachev . It was Chandler’s second fight inside the octagon. In his debut, he won a bonus for stopping Dan Hooker in the first round. The performance was later deemed ‘Debut of the Year’ for 2021.
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