“Charles Oliveira has more ways to win”- Dustin Poirier claims Justin Gaethje is in for a rude awakening in his fight against ‘Do Bronx’
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Justin Gaethje-Charles Oliveira
Charles Oliveira is all set to defend his lightweight belt against the number one contender, and former title challenger, Justin Gaethje at the main event of UFC 274. Oliveira is on a 10 fight win streak, and his last victory came against the former interim champion, Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier.
It was Poirier’s second shot at the title and he was a heavy favorite coming in this fight. He was coming off from back-to-back wins against Conor McGregor, and he had every chance to become the undisputed king. Poirier started off really well, but Oliveira showed incredible resilience and turned the tides around to retain his belt.
Gaethje defeated Michael Chandler in a possible fight of the year contender and is all set to challenge Oliveira for his throne. Dustin Poirier talked about this fight in his interview with Inside Fighting, he said, “Charles has more ways to win. Justin has to knock him out. Charles has more ways to win. I’m not saying that Gaethje won’t knock him out.“
“Charles is a guy who gets hit a lot. In his last two fights, he’s touched the canvas in both fights, and Gaethje is a guy if he gets you hurt, he usually puts you away. He has big power, so if you’re able to get touched, you might not recover. It’s an interesting fight, but Charles has more ways to win.”
“He has what it takes to be a world champion”- Dustin Poirier has nothing but respect for Charles Oliveira
Dustin also took some time to reflect upon his fight against Oliveira, he added, “I should have done a better job with my footwork. Not allow myself to be clinched up as easy and kind of smothered my striking output by getting that close, allowing him to walk forward and just get into that clinch range. Obviously second round, I wouldn’t have given up the round like that, I would have maybe tried to use my jiu-jitsu to sweep or submit him. There’s a bunch of stuff.”
“I hit him with some good shots,” he continued. “He was more durable than I thought he was going to be. He stayed in the fight, as he did in his fight before that with Chandler. He got hit with some big shots, went down, almost got finished, and came back to win. Showed the world once again that he has what it takes to be a world champion.”
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