ABU DHABI – Islam Makhachev pulled off a sensational submission win over Charles Oliveira to win the light-weight title and Aljamain Sterling beat TJ Dillashaw by TKO to say the bantamweight belt at UFC 280 on the Etihad Area on Saturday.
Makhachev capped his ascent to the light-weight throne with a superb win by arm triangle choke towards Brazilian Oliveira, the holder of the UFC report for submission wins with 16.
Oliveira was stripped of the light-weight belt in Could when he missed the burden for his title conflict with Justin Gaethje and although he beat the American the title remained vacant, establishing the showdown with Russian Makhachev.
After spending a lot of the primary …
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