Charles Oliveira has been warned that he should not prepare to find a win from his back against Islam Makhachev despite his jiu-jitsu background.
Oliveira is a third-degree black belt and will be the best grappler Makhachev has had to deal with in his entire career when the pair square off at UFC 280. The vacant lightweight title will be on the line after the Brazilian was stripped, but for all intents and purposes he is still the champion.
But UFC legend Chael Sonnen, a famous wrestler in his day around the top rankings at middleweight and light-heavyweight, has told Oliveira that he will be losing the fight if he gets too comfortable off his back. MMA judges can be known to ignore the success that a jiu-jitsu expert is having and wrongly score in favour the on in a dominant position.
