Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler will deal with him in November in a 3-round match at UFC 281. The function requires place at Madison Square Yard.
Lightweights Poirier (28-7) and Chandler (23-7) are the two hunting to return to the title after dropping their odds of winning UFC gold towards champion Charles Oliveira. Brazilian Oliveira was stripped of the title and was vacant immediately after dropping bodyweight in advance of a Might bout with Justin Gaethje.
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Oliveira defeat Islam Makhachev for the vacant title at UFC 280 but was no longer a winner. Poirier recovered from his 1st defeat in a title fight from Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2019 with 3 straight wins. Like two prosperous fights in opposition to Conor McGregor, in advance of shedding to Oliveira very last December 2021.
Chandler ended a two-sport getting rid of streak (Oliveira and Gaethje) with a magnificent knockout above Tony Ferguson’s attacking kick in May possibly. UFC 281 will be led by middleweight champion Israel Adesanya from former Glory Kickboxing winner Alex Pereira. Strawweight winner Carla Esparza will protect her title against former winner Zhang Weili in the co-headliner.
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