Tonight’s UFC 280 event is headlined by a lightweight title fight featuring Charles Oliveira taking on Islam Makhachev.<\/p>\n
Oliveira (33-9 MMA) will be looking to reclaim the UFC’s lightweight title when he takes to the Octagon<\/a> this evening. ‘Do Bronx’ was most recently seen in action at May’s UFC 274 event, where he extended his current win streak to eleven in a row with a first-round submission victory over Justin Gaethje (see that here<\/a>). However, because he missed weight by half a pound, Oliveira was forced to vacate the title and was ineligible to take it home that evening in Phoenix.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Islam Makhachev (23-1 MMA) will enter tonight’s UFC 280 main event sporting a ten-fight winning streak, his latest being a first-round TKO victory over Bobby Green<\/a> this past February. The Russian’s lone loss came back at UFC 192 in October of 2015, where he was TKO’d by Adriano Martins.<\/p>\n Round one of the UFC 280 main event begins and Charles Oliveira comes out with a jumping front kick. Islam Makhachev returns fire with a big left. That appeared to stun ‘Do Bronx’. Oliveira looking to close the distance. He does but Islam takes the fight to the floor. Charles throws up a triangle attempt. Islam avoids but after a scramble Oliveira is back to his feet. He presses Makhachev against the cage and lands a knee. Islam scores a trip takedown and gets the fight back to the floor. Islam is looking to score some ground and pound but the former champion is doing a good job of keeping him tied up. Less than a minute to go in round one. Big shots now from the Russian fighter. A nice upkick gets through for Charles Oliveira. The horn sounds to end round one.<\/p>\n pic.twitter.com\/aIcdJlbOZ3<\/a><\/p>\n — MMA Fire 2.0 (@FireMMAVids) October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n