UFC CEO Dana White spoke about the future of Charles Oliveira, who turned down a fight with lightweight division champion Islam Makhachev because of a cut.
We will remind, Makha♍chev will rematch Alexander Volkanovski 💧on October 21 at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi.
White said:
I have no idea. I have no idea what we’re gonna do with Charles until – but obviously, if I have to answer that question, I’d say yeah (he gets the winner). I mean, the k𒁏id got a bad beat, got a bad cut literally hours before he was supposed to fly out. But, yeah, I’m not even thinking about that yet.
Makhachev and Volkanovski first met in February 20𝓰23 at UFC 284. Makhachev won the fight by unanimous decision over the five rounds.
M🐷akhachev has 24 wins and one loss. Volkanovski has 26 wins and two losses.