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Rivalries: Charles Oliveira

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Charles Oliveira gets another chance at validation in a post-Khabib Nurmagomedov world when he defends the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight crown against Dustin Poirier in the UFC 269 headliner on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Oliveira enters the cage on the strength of a nine-fight winning streak. He last appeared at UFC 262, where he put away three-time Bellator MMA champion Michael Chandler with punches in the second round of their May 15 pairing and laid claim to the vacant lightweight title.