“He comes for all or nothing in the first round,” Charles Oliveira isn’t afraid of getting hit by Michael Chandler at UFC 262
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Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler
The UFC Lightweight title is up for grasp at UFC 262 after Khabib Nurmagomedov officially announced his retirement. The former Bellator champion Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira have the chance to grab the title in their hands.
After his win against Tony Ferguson, Oliveira demanded to face Dustin Poirier for the title shot but as soon as he knows he is leaning for Trilogy, the promotion booked him against Michael Chandler for the title fight.
In his latest interview with MMA Fighting, Charles Oliveira says, “I thought I was going to fight Dustin Poirier, but then I realized he was angling for the Conor trilogy, so I was cool,”
“I can’t say I knew I was going to fight for the belt, we never know for sure, but I was very hopeful that this opportunity would come for me. It’s a wonderful feeling. Now let’s bring this belt home on the 15th,”
“It’s a title fight, the opportunity of my life, something I’ve promised to my community and my parents. It’s time. I don’t care if it’s by knockout or submission or decision, I just want to have my hands raised.”
Charles Oliveira says Michael Chandler’s hard-hitting doesn’t scare him
Michael Chandler knocked out Dan Hooker in the very first round of his UFC debut and he is one of the hardest hitters in the division but Charles Oliveira isn’t scared of his hard-hitting.
Oliveira added, “I’ll respect him, but I’ll walk forward the entire time, If he comes to hit me hard, he’ll eat a counter. We both walk forward all the time. It will be two trucks colliding. I’m not afraid of getting hit.”
“If he takes me down, I’ll be doing what I love the most, which is jiu-jitsu. I’m not worried if I stay on the feet or get taken down.”
“All he has is a heavy hand, a heavy punch. I’m complete on the feet and complete on the ground. The only thing he has better than me is wrestling, but I’ll use my jiu-jitsu if he tries to wrestle me so it makes no difference to me.”
“That’s his strongest round, he comes for all or nothing in the first round, He has great power with his hand. If you walk forward and don’t have the right strategy he’ll drop you on your butt because his first round is strong.”
“We have to respect him, he was the Bellator champion and has fought great names, but I’ve also fought great names, I’ve had my highs and lows and won my last eight.”
“I’ve fought great wrestlers and showed how good I am. I’ve fought strikers and made things happen. It will be a good fight. The key in this fight is being bold and happy.”
“There’s always a moment and time in life, Anderson Silva was a phenom and many people said he’d never lose, and that unfortunately happened. Jose Aldo stayed undefeated for how many years, beating everybody up, and ended up losing.”
“Israel Adesanya was undefeated and moved up in weight and lost. I was undefeated when I got in the UFC and ended up losing.”
“There’s a first time for everything in life. He has good wrestling, good jiu-jitsu has a good hand, but everybody knows my power and how much I’ve evolved on the feet and how good my jiu-jitsu is, so I’ll bring boldness and joy into the octagon. I’ll be bold.”
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