UFC lightweight title contender Beneil Dariush was surprised to be dragged into the strange mind games being played by former champion Khabib Nurmagomedov with Charles Oliveira.
The Brazilian is due to face Nurmagomedov's teammate Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 280 this month, with the vacant belt on the line after he was stripped due to missing weight ahead of his last defence. However, Nurmagomedov believes that Oliveira won't show up to the fight, and theorised that Dariush will replace him for the title fight in Abu Dhabi.
Dariush has been out of action with serious injuries for well over a year, but will return on the same card against Mateusz Gamrot and likely is being viewed as the back-up if the main event falls out. But he doesn't want to hear about it from the former champion, and told him to quit involving him in whatever games that are being played with Oliveira.
