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Charles Oliveira interested in UFC clash with Conor McGregor next: ‘Maybe we do a fight at 170 pounds’

As per his head coach, Diego Lima, former undisputed lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira would most definitely welcome the possibility of fighting ex-UFC champion, Conor McGregor next – weighing up a move to the welterweight limit for a clash.

Charles Oliveira, who retained his status as the number one ranked lightweight under the banner of the UFC earlier this month, appeared to earn himself a title rematch with foe, Islam Makhachev – dropping and stopping the siege of Beneil Dariush with a blistering opening round TKO win.

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As for McGregor, the former undisputed featherweight and lightweight champion, has been sidelined from competition since he suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula against Dustin Poirier in July 2021 in the pair’s trilogy rubber match.