Charles Oliveira has been told he should have asked for a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov to be included in his deal to face Islam Makhachev.
The Brazilian star was stripped of his 155lb title earlier this year after missing weight for his defence against Justin Gaethje. Despite coming through the meeting unscathed, Oliveira will now have to fight to reclaim the belt in Abu Dhabi on October 22.
He is the protege of former undefeated champion Nurmagomedov who retired from the sport back in 2020. And UFC legend Chael Sonnen has questioned why Oliveira's team have not used Makhachev as a bargaining chip to lure the Russian back into the octagon. "Charles and his team didn't ask for it, did they (a fight with Nurmagomedov)?," Sonnen said on his YouTube channel when analysing the deal between Oliveira and Makhachev.
