It wasn’t too long ago that Charles Oliveira and Dricus Du Plessis were in line for UFC title shots, but what comes next for both men is anybody’s guess thanks to the UFC 294 makeover. Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Abu Dhabi will see new main and co-main events unfold on just 11 days’ notice as featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski replaces Oliveira to rematch Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title, while former welterweight champ Kamaru Usman moves up to middleweight to step in for injured Paulo Costa and fight Khamzat Chimaev. Oliveira was locked in to rematch Makhachev – whom he lost the 155-pound title to last year – until he suffered a deep cut during a sparring session just before he was about to travel to Abu Dhabi. While conventional thinking might dictate that Oliveira gets the winner of Makhachev vs.
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