The rematch everybody's been waiting for is official.
Late Wednesday night (7/19), UFC President, Dana White made one of his newly patented fight announcement videos. White announced that the UFC Lightweight Championship will be on the line when champion, Islam Makhachev defends his title against the man he beat for it in former 155-pound King, Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC 294.
Abu Dhabi we're back and we're bringing a STACKED card with us!!@DanaWhite just announced the first three fights for #UFC294 in October --
— UFC (@ufc) July 20, 2023
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Makhachev defeated Oliveira in Abu Dhabi at UFC 280 via second-round submission. Since the pair's first matchup, Makhachev has added Justin Gaethje and UFC Featherweight Champion, Alexander Volkanovski to his hit list, while Oliveira has rebounded nicely with a first-round knockout of Beneil Dariush, this past June at UFC 289.
Another bout added to the mix at UFC 294 is undefeated surging contender, Khamzat Chimaev, who'll put his unblemished record on the line against former title challenger, Paulo Costa.
The current UFC 294 card can be found below:
- Islam Makhachev (C) (24-1) vs. (#1) Charles Oliveira (34-9) — UFC Lightweight Championship
- (#7) Paulo Costa (14-2) vs. (#4 WW) Khamzat Chimaev (12-0)
- (#13) Nassourdine Imavov (12-4) vs. Ikram Aliskerov (14-1)
UFC 294 takes place on Saturday, October 21 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
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