After Snub by Dagestani Camp, Khabib Nurmagomedov Remark Comes Back to Haunt Islam Makhachev Ahead of Charles Oliveira Fight in Brutal Diss From Team Volkanovski

Dana White recently made a blockbuster announcement for UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi. Islam Makhachev will take on Charles Oliveira in a rematch to defend his lightweight title. However, BJJ specialist Craig Jones doesn’t like the idea of that rematch.

Charles Oliveira returned to the Octagon at UFC 289 to defeat Beneil Dariush with a TKO win. His triumphant prompted Dana White to set up the rematch from UFC 280 and pit ‘Do Bronx’ against Makhachev for the title. However, not many people agreed with this matchup and some of them made their opinions known on social media.

Craig Jones isn’t happy with Islam Makhachev taking on Charles Oliveira

BJJ specialist and two-time ADCC silver medalist Craig Jones sounded off on the UFC’s decision to pit the reigning lightweight champion against Charles Oliveira. He took to Instagram, sharing a story to give his opinion on the matchup with a famous quote from Khabib Nurmagomedov. Jones said, “Number 1 bullsh*t.” Furthermore, he shared a snap from Alexander Volkanovski‘s fight against Islam Makhachev at UFC 284. The BJJ star believes the featherweight champion should have challenged the Russian.

Volkanovski gave Makhachev the toughest fight of his UFC career so far. They went back and forth in their UFC 284 bout. Besides, there were many people who believed that the Australian should have won the fight. But the judges scored in favor of Makhachev and he emerged successful in his first title defense. Moreover, Volkanovski recently accused Khabib Nurmagomedov’s protégé of snubbing his rematch.

Alexander Volkanovski claims Makhachev doesn’t want “the smoke”

Islam Makhachev recently shared a tweet suggesting a match between him and welterweight champion Leon Edwards. However, that plan did not come to fruition since he got his UFC 294 opponent. However, his former rival Alexander Volkanovski took notice of that tweet and accused him of running away from their rematch. It ignited their rivalry once again.

‘The Great’ tweeted, “You running brotha, you don’t want this smoke.” Volkanovski’s tweet took many people by surprise as it comes after his successful title defense against Yair Rodriguez. Since his defeat to Makhachev at UFC 284, Volkanovski has made considerable progress. His recent victory against ‘El Pantera’ has solidified him as a formidable challenger.

However, their verbal exchange didn’t stop there. Islam Makhachev then replied to Alexander Volkanovski and urged him to fight at UFC 294. However, Dana White had other plans.

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Although Makhachev has to fight Charles Oliveira next, we cannot rule out a possible future rematch between him and Volkanovski. It will depend on whether he wins in Abu Dhabi or not. The Aussie fighter is currently injured after his UFC 290 bout and will need some time before making his return. It will be interesting to see if Dana White considers putting him in a fight against the Dagestan native, given how well they fought at UFC 284.

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