Report – Charles Oliveira returns, meets Beneil Dariush at UFC 288 on May 6.

Former undisputed UFC light-weight champion, Charles Oliveira is slated to make his Octagon return at UFC 288 on Could 6. per his head coach, Diego Lima, with the Chute Boxe instructor confirming a bout towards the streaking 155lbs challenger, Beneil Dariush is booked. 

Oliveira, the present #1 ranked light-weight contender, most not too long ago headlined UFC 280 again in October of final yr in Abu Dhabi, UAE – seeing his division-best 12-fight profitable run halted in a second spherical arm-triangle submission loss to Islam Makhachev in pair’s vacant title combat.

As for Dariush, the Iran-born contender, who at the moment holds the #4 ranked division challenger, improved his profitable run to eight fights again in October on the identical card, actually, touchdown a one-sided unanimous choice victory over Mateusz Gamrot on ‘Battle Island’. Eurosport reporter, Alvaro Colmenero was first to report Oliveira’s return towards Dariush as per the aforementioned, Lima.

“Charles Oliveira’s supervisor and coach, confirmed to me that Oliveira will combat Beneil Dariush on Could 6. at UFC 288,” Colmenero tweeted. 

Successful the vacant light-weight crown again in Could 2021, Oliveira stopped Michael Chandler with a second spherical TKO victory in Texas.

In December of that yr, atop a UFC 269 pay-per-view card in Las Vegas, Nevada – Oliveira submitted Dustin Poirier with a 3rd spherical standing rear-naked choke to defend his undisputed crown.

Final Could, Oliveira submitted Justin Gaethje in the principle occasion of UFC 274, nonetheless, missed weight by half a pound for his scheduled title protection, leading to his stripping of the light-weight crown. 

Dariush, a product of Kings MMA head coach, Rafael Cordeiro, has loved a spectacular run of victories en path to his deliberate title-eliminator towards Oliveira in Could.

Previous to his success over the aforenoted, Gamrot final October, Dariush bested common-foe, Tony Ferguson, Carlos Diego Ferreira, Drakkar Klose, Drew Dober, and Thiago Moises.

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