Firas Zahabi doesn’t expect a rematch between Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira to go any differently than the first fight. Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) scored a dominant submission of Oliveira (34-9 MMA, 22-9 UFC) to claim the vacant lightweight title at UFC 280, snapping Oliveira’s 11-fight winning streak. This past Saturday in the UFC 289 co-main event, Oliveira rebounded with a first-round TKO of the streaking Beneil Dariush , which put him as a frontrunner for a title shot. But Zahabi said he didn’t see anything too different from Oliveira, who will have to change his approach in a potential rematch against Makhachev. “It wouldn’t work against Makhachev. Makhachev would put the pain on him,” Zahabi said on his YouTube channel.
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