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Farah Hannoun and Ken Hathaway

Charles Oliveira unconcerned with selling UFC 300 fight: ‘When that door closes, I’m a lion hunting’

LAS VEGAS – Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira prefers to let his fighting do the talking.

Oliveira (34-9 MMA, 22-9 UFC) meets Arman Tsarukyan (21-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) on Saturday at UFC 300 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Tsarukyan had some choice words for Oliveira, alluding to him being one dimensional. Tsarukyan explained that it’s nothing personal, he’s simply trying to hype up the fight because Oliveira won’t.

“I’ve got to talk about him because he doesn’t talk about me,” Tsarukyan told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s media day. “I want to get people to watch this fight more. That’s why I’ve got to say something about him. I’m just trying to get more fans to watch this fight.”

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