UFC 280 LIVE outcomes: Islam Makhachev submits Charles Oliveira to win lightweight title

Islam Makhachev submitted Charles Oliveira within the UFC 280 fundamental occasion on Saturday to win the vacant lightweight title, following within the footsteps of his childhood good friend Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Khabib retired unbeaten in 2020, vacating the UFC lightweight strap instantly after retaining it in Abu Dhabi. And it was there that Makhachev received the identical belt – nearly two years later to the day – submitting Khabib’s literal successor Oliveira to develop into his fellow Russian’s religious successor within the Octagon. Last May, Oliveira received the title vacated by Khabib, and the Brazilian went on to retain it in December. One day earlier than his personal scheduled defence in opposition to Gaethje this May, nonetheless, Oliveira was stripped of the belt after lacking weight. Oliveira would submit Gaethje anyway to set up himself as No 1 contender and arrange a conflict with Makhachev.

That highly-anticipated in-ring assembly performed out on the Etihad Arena on Saturday, and it was Makhachev, 31, who got here out on prime, submitting 33-year-old Oliveira with an arm-triangle choke in Round 2 to win the vacant title. In the co-main occasion, TJ Dillashaw tried to battle via a dislocated shoulder in his bantamweight title battle with Aljamain Sterling, however the former champion was largely ineffective and finally fell to a second-round TKO loss, as Sterling retained the belt. In the night’s earlier battle, rising 135lbs star Sean O’Malley received a controversial determination in opposition to former bantamweight champion Petr Yan. Follow reside response from UFC 280 under.