Charles Oliveira provided his providers to be the backup for Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) returns from an virtually three-year layoff to face Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) within the UFC 303 headliner June 29 at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
Oliveira (34-10 MMA, 22-10 UFC) sees a reserve function as a win-win state of affairs for him, but when it’s McGregor that he will get a chance to face, his provide comes with a stipulation.
“Cease speaking about 170 and Conor McGregor,” Oliveira mentioned via an interpreter throughout a UFC 301 media scrum (h/t MMA Preventing). “I provided myself to be the alternate for that struggle, and clearly, I’m down for that. I’d make some cash if I don’t struggle, and if I do struggle, then superior.
“The one situation is that if I had been to struggle McGregor, then I’d must re-negotiate that (contract) earlier than. As soon as I mentioned that, everybody began speaking about me and transferring to 170, however that’s not precisely what it’s.”
Oliveira already holds a win over Chandler, ending him by second-round TKO of their vacant light-weight title struggle in Could 2021. The previous light-weight champion is coming off a slim loss to Arman Tsarukyan of their No. 1 contender bout at UFC 300. Previous to that, he completed Beneil Dariush by first-round TKO at UFC 289.
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