The main fight of the UFC 269 event confirmed who is currently the best lightweight fighter in the world, and that is Charles Oliveira. The man who entered the Octagon as a UFC champion and then came out like that. But with a lot more respect and recognition from the martial arts community. The Brazilian has done what he announced and there simply should be no longer any doubt about how good he really is. And he did it once again with a break.
They both entered this fight full of desire and motivation, and immediately in the first attack, Dustin hits well and sends a warning to Oliveira. The Brazilian has not given up on his aggressive and offensive style, so he continues to attack, but at the beginning of the fight, the challenger is the one who hits more. Sometime before the end of the second minute of the fight, Oliveira got into a clinch and started looking for demolition. He succeeded briefly in this, but they were immediately back on their feet, where Dustin felt the distance better. The distance champion is too open to trying to get into the clinch all the time, but Poirier was moving well and wouldn’t let him. In the fourth minute of the fight, Oliveira suffered the first serious damage after Poirier’s right hook. The Brazilian fell on his back, but recovered quickly and returned to his feet. Dustin continues to find the face of his opponent as his target and thus very convincingly brings the first round to an end.
Oliveira shows a desire to change something and manages to get to the clinch at the beginning of the second round and works on demolition. Dustin defended himself from that and he registered his demolition, but Oliveira grabbed him by the legs and dragged him to the floor, and then with a quick transition he reached the upper position. Well, Dustin closed the guard and pressed the Brazilian with his hands, thus avoiding more damage. He held Oliveira’s top position until the end of the round, doing the maximum amount of damage that Dustin allowed him. He managed to work the elbows the most and in the end, he did not do any visible damage, but he undoubtedly spent his opponent extremely.
The start of the third round brings nothing different than the start of the round earlier. Oliveira is aggressive again, but now after reaching the fence he climbs on Poirier’s back and puts his arms around his neck. It took him about half a minute before he adjusted his arms as he wished, then the suffocation he was working on and closed, and at the end of the first minute of the third leg forced Poirier to tap. It could have been a celebration of a Brazilian whom no one should or should doubt after this.
Oliveira thus defended the title he won this spring in a fight that many thought he should have done then. This is his tenth victory in a row, and he achieved as many as nine with a break. Truly a champion and no one has the right to challenge his current status and the belt he owns.
As for Dustin Poirier, he is likely to show the same as after the defeat by Khabib Nurmagomedov. The way his heart hurts the most. But it will also give the impression that he had to show more heart in this fight. Today it was clear who the champion was and it was absolutely deserved that Oliveira stayed. Having confirmed that he is the best, his reign can now begin. And he announced that it would take a long time.
In the title fight of the show, Amanda Nunes was surprisingly defeated by the new champion of the bantamweight category, Julianne Pena, and you can read more information about that fight by clicking on the article. Also check out what Sean O’Malley has done to make his “hype” even stronger, as well as how former champion Dominick Cruz has returned.
Take a look at the Charles Oliveira vs Dustin Poirier Full Fight Video Highlights.
