Khabib Nurmagomedov has been slammed as "fake" by fans after an out-of-character tweet in which he claimed Charles Oliveira would pull out of his upcoming fight with Islam Makhachev.
The former lightweight champion took to Twitter yesterday to suggest that Oliveira, who is the current top 155lb fighter, would not make it to his next title fight against Makhachev which is scheduled for UFC 280 next month in Abu Dhabi. Oliveira is the champion in all but name, having been stripped for missing weight by half-a-pound in his last title defence.
But Nurmagomedov believes that Makhachev will end up fighting his rival Beneil Dariush on October 22 at the Etihad Arena, not Oliveira. Fans were surprised to see the normally soft spoken Russian engage in this sort of trash talk, particularly given that there isn't much bad blood between the two camps.
