Chaos Erupts in MMA World as Charles Oliveira Heads to Australia for UFC 284: “Backup Should Have Been Either Poirier or Dariush”

Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski are ready to fight for the UFC lightweight championship at UFC 284. The event is set to take place in Perth, Australia, at the RAW Arena. It will be the first time that the top 2 pound-for-pound fighters will be battling inside the octagon. However, rumors suggest that Charles Oliveira will be in Australia as well.

The fight between Makhachev and Volkanovski is one of the most anticipated fights in UFC’s calendar year in 2023. The current lightweight champion has confirmed that his former coach, Khabib Nurmagomedov, will not be present in his corner at UFC 284. This could play to the advantage of ‘The Great’ since he will have the support of his home crowd.

UFC president Dana White confirmed that the Makhachev vs. Volkanovski fight had broken the record for highest pay-per-view buys in Australia and New Zealand. One of Conor McGregor’s matches previously held this record. However, there are rumors that the former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will be in Australia for the event.

Fans show frustration at rumors of Charles Oliveira being the replacement for Makhachev vs Volkanovski

An Instagram page with the username, ‘fullviolence’, shared a post claiming that Charles Oliveira will be in Australia for the UFC 284. However, they suggested that ‘Do Bronx’ could be in contention as a backup for the main event, should any of the fighters be unable to participate in the bout. The page ‘fullviolence’ wrote: “Backup for Islam vs Volk?” This triggered the response of many MMA fans.

• Just to get dominated again
• Why not Dariush? What does he have to do to get a shot?
• Should’ve been Dariush and Islam from the jump ..
• Dariush deserves it more
• I think backup should have been either Poirier or Dariush. Charles needs more time to prepare for that Islam rematch.
• Imagine volk pull out and Charles step in and get revenge
• He’ll be there if volk wins to cop the next call out
• Seems like he struggles enough making 155 he’s not gonna do the cut on the slight chance he fights

The UFC fans do not seem happy with Charles Oliveira rumored to be the backup. They believe that Dana White should have considered Dustin Poirier or Beneil Dariush for that role. However, they strongly feel that Dariush is the better choice. One fan even claimed that Charles could step in as Volkanovski’s replacement or could be called out by the Australian fighter if he could defeat Islam Makhachev.

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There were some fans who believe that it is impossible for ‘Do Bronx’ to go down to 155 pounds. But they believe that Oliveira would hope to capitalize on any opportunity provided to him by the UFC president. ‘Do Bronx’ will surely try to avenge his loss to Makhachev if somehow he gets the opportunity. What are your thoughts? Drop your comments below.

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