Charles Oliveira faces Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Rio

With conscionable a fewer weeks near until UFC Fight Night 261 successful Rio, each eyes are connected Charles Oliveira. After Rafael Fiziev was forced to cancel his quality owed to injury, the erstwhile lightweight champion recovered himself successful an awkward presumption – without an hostile for the main event. A speedy solution was needed, and yet it was confirmed that helium would combat Mateusz Gamrot, the erstwhile KSW champion, successful beforehand of his location crowd.

Oliveira intelligibly expressed his restitution with the prime of hostile and his readiness for the combat connected societal media: “Opportunity: Mateusz Gamrot. This is the antheral I volition combat successful a large war. The others were conscionable looking for 'hype', conscionable talking and stalling, but that's the game. Mateusz Gamrot, convey you for accepting the fight. It volition beryllium a large war! The lion is hungry. I americium afloat of will. See you connected October 11.”

Mateusz Gamrot was acceptable to judge the situation from the archetypal infinitesimal and instantly raised his manus erstwhile the accidental presented itself. The Pole has 4 wins successful his past 5 appearances and lone 1 constrictive divided determination nonaccomplishment against Dan Hooker. His past show was successful May, aft a nine-month break, erstwhile helium defeated Ludovit Klein.

Oliveira has a great opportunity 

For Oliveira, this is simply a important accidental to amusement that helium is inactive astatine the apical of the lightweight division. After a shocking knockout from Ilija Topuria successful June, the Brazilian returns to his assemblage with a wide extremity - to beryllium his quality. In the past six appearances, helium recorded a half-time grounds (3-3). Among the wins are awesome triumphs implicit Michael Chandler and Beneil Dariush, portion defeats came against Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan.

This year's combat promises a batch of excitement, and the assemblage successful Rio is definite to spot a fiery duel. Gamrot's bravery and willingness to combat connected abbreviated announcement lone adhd to the interest. Oliveira, besides known arsenic "do Bronxs", shows determination and tendency to beryllium his worthy successful beforehand of the location crowd.

The combat volition instrumentality spot connected October 11th and UFC fans are already eagerly awaiting the spectacle.