“I Don’t Really See Anything New” – Beneil Dariush Claims Charles Oliveira Hasn’t Added Any New Elements to His Fight Game

UFC President Dana White made several announcements regarding the fights for the next few months. He announced the rebooking of the Beneil Dariush vs Charles Oliveira match, which is set to take place at UFC 289. It will take place on June 10 when the UFC will return to Canada after almost four years.

Meanwhile, Beneil Dariush appeared in an interview recently and had some things to say about his opponent. Their initial fight was canceled after the former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira confirmed that he suffered an injury while training. Let us take a look at the details regarding the fight.

Charles Oliveira vs Beneil Dariush set for UFC 289

‘Benny’ has a lot of momentum on his side as he is riding on an 8-fight winning streak. He mentioned many times that he was ready to fight anyone after the initial UFC 288 co-main event got canceled. It was announced that the fight will be postponed to a later date. But Dana White came out with the announcement and let the fans know when the Dariush vs Oliveira fight will take place at UFC 289 and serve as the co-main event of the event.

The event is set to take place in British Columbia’s biggest city, Vancouver, which also hosted its first UFC event, UFC 115, back in 2010. UFC will be returning to Canada, much to the delight of Canadian fight enthusiasts. People had been wanting UFC to come back to the land of the maple leaf for a long time now.

Dariush doesn’t believe that ‘Do Bronx’ is working to add new tricks to his arsenal

‘Benny’ recently appeared in an interview with ESPN as he talked about his openness to fight anyone. He talked about how big the fight between him and Charles Oliveira has become after the initial fight was canceled. When asked about how much he has prepared or changed his preparation method ahead of his clash with ‘Do Bronx’, he mentioned that things are pretty much the same. He said, “Honestly, not a whole lot.”

Dariush provided the reason behind his fight preparation being unchanged with regard to the fight against Charles Oliveira. He claims ‘Do Bronx’ hasn’t changed his fighting style. So ‘Benny’ didn’t have to worry too much about that. He said, “I don’t think he’s [Oliveira] changed his game a lot, you know what I mean? He’s still doing pretty much all the stuff that he was doing before.” Dariush added, “What I would say is he’s a little bit more courageous, and obviously, his technique’s a little bit sharper. But in terms of new things he’s added to the game, I don’t really see anything new.”

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Dariush has all the respect for Oliveira. He claims that the former champion is good with striking and grappling, and that ‘Do Bronx’ is a more rounded fighter now than he was before. We will have to wait and see what follows at UFC 289.

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