Event : UFC 280
Date: Saturday, October 22
Main card: 7 p.m. BST / 2 p.m. ET
Main event cagewalks (approx): 10 p.m. BST / 5 p.m. ET
TV : ESPN+ PPV UK: BT Sport Box Office
PLace : The fight takes place at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
The UFC has returned to Abu Dhabi. The promotion will likely have its strongest fight card of the year on hand when it hosts UFC 280 on Saturday night from the now-famous Yas Island. The lightweight title fight between former champion Charles Oliveira and up-and-coming contender Islam Makhachev is the main event of this huge event. The two have a combined winning streak of 21 matches, and both have amazing ground strategies that result in finishes.
Makhachev said to CBS Sports, “I simply always get ready for the hard battle. “I have to respect this man, so I won’t suggest that this will be a simple match or anything like that. He came from a difficult life. a challenging manner due to his several challenging UFC battles. He avoided taking the simple route.
“Charles must have my respect, but I cannot respect other individuals, such as Michael Chandler, who talk excessively. Who has defeated [Chandler]? He defeated only Tony Ferguson, who was on the verge of retiring but is still competing. He also defeated Dan Hooker. With a 2-2 record in the UFC, [Chandler] keeps pursuing a championship bout. That is not how it operates.”
Charles Oliveira Record And Bio :
- Nationality: Brazilian
- Date of Birth: October 17, 1989
- Height: 5′ 8″
- Reach: 70″
- Total Fights: 41
- Record: 33-8-0
Islam Makhachev Record And Bio :
- Nationality: Russian
- Date of Birth: October 27, 1991
- Height: 5′ 8″
- Reach: 70″
- Total Fights: 23
- Record: 22-1-0
UFC 280 Fight Card
Main card
- Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev for the vacant UFC lightweight championship
- Aljamain Sterling vs. T.J. Dillashaw for the Sterling’s UFC bantamweight title
- Pter Yan vs. Sean O’Malley; Bantamweight
- Beneil Dariush vs. Mateusz Gamrot; Lightweight
- Katlyn Chookagian vs. Manon Fiorot; Women’s flyweight
Prelims
- Belal Muhammad vs. Sean Brady; Welterweight
- Makhmud Muradov vs. Caio Borralho; Middleweight
- Nikita Krylov vs. Volkan Oezdemir; Light heavyweight
- Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Lucas Almeida; Featherweight
- Magomed Mustafaev vs. Yamato Nishikawa; Lightweight
- Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev; Welterweight
- Armen Petrosyan vs. A.J. Dobson; Middleweight
- Muhammad Mokaev vs. Malcolm Gordon; Flyweight
- Karol Rosa vs. Lina Lansberg; Women’s bantamweight
