For reasons that remain mysterious to everyone including those involved, Charles Oliveira and Nik Lentz are fighting a third time on Saturday night in Rochester, New York. The first fight between the two happened nearly nine years ago, ending in a “no contest” due to an illegal knee landed by the Brazilian, Oliveira, thus rendering his submission that night moot. They ran it back four years later at featherweight and Oliveira — for all intents and purposes — squared any lingering debt by tapping Lentz out in the third round.
Series over, right? Wrong.