{"id":393747,"date":"2021-09-03T15:15:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T22:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=393747"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T22:15:15","slug":"charles-oliveira-confident-he-will-submit-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-269","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/charles-oliveira-confident-he-will-submit-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-269\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Oliveira confident he will submit Dustin Poirier at UFC 269"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Oliveira expects to hear &#8216;And Still&#8217; on December 11 at UFC 269.<\/p>\n<p>Oliveira <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dustin-poirier\/dustin-poirier-vs-charles-oliveira-set-for-ufc-269\/\">is expected to defend his lightweight title for the first time<\/a> when he battles Dustin Poirier. According to Oliveira, he has not signed a contract but he is preparing to fight in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody is publishing that Poirier is going to fight with me,\u201d Oliveira said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Charles-Oliveira-on-Rumored-Dustin-Poirier-Matchup-I-Didnt-Sign-Any-Contract-Yet-181478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog<\/a>. \u201cBut until that moment, it\u2019s still under negotiation, I didn\u2019t sign any contract yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact, he has not signed the contract, Charles Oliveira is well aware that he will likely fight in December. Yet, he doesn&#8217;t know if it will be against Poirier or whoever, but he is prepared to fight in December.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today I\u2019m not worried about who said bad things about me, or who I\u2019m gonna fight against,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cMy main concern is be ready to face any challenger [the] UFC chooses, and that&#8217;s what I\u2019m gonna be in December, against Poirier or any other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If it ends up being Dustin Poirier, Oliveira knows &#8220;The Diamond&#8221; is very well-rounded and a tough test. Yet, he knows he is growing every day as a fight and is confident in his skill set that he can beat any lightweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoirier is one of the most dangerous guys of the lightweight division,\u201d Oliveira admitted. \u201c[He] always walks forward, but I think I\u2019m at a different level, both in striking and also in the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for how he defeats Poirier, Oliveira is confident he will finish The Diamond. He knows his grappling will be the difference-maker, however, he also has confidence in his standup. He&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/justin-gaethje\/justin-gaethje-says-the-lightweight-division-became-the-laughingstock-of-the-ufc-after-oliveira-and-chandler-fought-for-the-belt\/\">coming off a TKO win over Michael Chandler<\/a> and showed off his power, which he says he will also use here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would submit Poirier,\u201d Oliveira concluded about the how the fight will go.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Charles Oliveira will submit Dustin Poirier at UFC 269? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Oliveira expects to hear &#8216;And Still&#8217; on December 11 at UFC 269. Oliveira is expected to defend his lightweight title for the first time when he battles Dustin Poirier. According to Oliveira, he has not signed a contract but he is preparing to fight in December. \u201cEverybody is publishing that Poirier is going to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":385495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10589,10297,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Charles Oliveira confident he will submit Dustin Poirier at UFC 269 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Charles Oliveira expects to hear &#039;And Still&#039; on December 11 at UFC 269 as he believes he will submit Dustin Poirier to defend his belt.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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