{"id":17724,"date":"2023-10-11T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslens.com\/?p=552425"},"modified":"2023-10-11T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:47:00","slug":"charles-oliveira-ruled-out-of-ufc-294-main-event-as-volkanovski-steps-in-to-fight-makhachev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/11\/charles-oliveira-ruled-out-of-ufc-294-main-event-as-volkanovski-steps-in-to-fight-makhachev\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Oliveira ruled out of UFC 294 main event as Volkanovski steps in to fight Makhachev"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Oliveira ruled out of UFC 294 main event as Volkanovski steps in to fight Makhachev<\/a> – originally posted on Sportslens.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Dana White has announced that Charles Oliveira will not fight in the main event at UFC 294, with Alex Volkanovski stepping in to face Islam Makhachev.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australian featherweight champion Volkanovski takes Oliveira’s place after the latter was forced to pull out of the fight due to splitting his eyebrow open in sparring earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Islam Makhachev, the defending lightweight champion, holds the belt after beating Oliveira at UFC 280 via unanimous decision last year.<\/p>\n

The Russian successfully defended his title at UFC 284 against Volkanovski in Perth, Australia by unanimous decision once again in February.<\/p>\n

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL \"\ud83d\ude31\"<\/p>\n

Charles Oliveira is out of next Saturday’s #UFC294<\/a> main event, @AlexVolkanovski<\/a> is replacing in a rematch for the Lightweight title with @MakhachevMMA<\/a><\/p>\n

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