Beneil Dariush ’s UFC lightweight title shot keeps getting delayed, and it’s starting to get on his nerves. The top 155-pound contender’s pivotal clash with former champion Charles Oliveira (33-9 MMA, 21-9 UFC) at UFC 288 was scrapped after Oliveira withdrew from the May 6 bout because of injury Dariush (22-4-1 MMA, 16-4-1 UFC) suggested to the UFC that he should get the next shot at lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, but the promotion’s response almost made Dariush lose his mind. “I was actually pretty upset at that time,” Dariush told The Schmo. “I took a minute and kind of calmed down. So I go in and I basically say to them, ‘Hey, if that’s the case, if he’s not available, let me fight Makhachev in, let’s say, July or August?’ But they’re like, ‘No, we have to save Makhachev for October for the Abu Dhabi card.’ I don’t really wanna wait until October, but I still wanna fight for the belt
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