Charles Oliveira of Brazil celebrates after defeating Dustin Poirier to defend his light-weight title in the course of the UFC 269 occasion at T-Cell Enviornment on December 11, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carmen Mandato/Getty Pictures/AFP
Charles Oliveira’s first protection of his UFC light-weight title was one to recollect.
The native of Brazil took on one of many sport’s hardest fighters in Dustin Poirier and defeated him in a wild bout on the fundamental occasion of UFC 269 in Las Vegas on Saturday night time.
The time of the stoppage was 1:02 of the third spherical as Oliveira (32-8) submitted Poirier (28-7) with a standing rear-naked choke, including to his UFC submission document together with his 14th.
The primary spherical was a wide ranging affair, as Poirier landed the heaviest pictures.However Olivera landed repeatedly each entrance kicks and knees to the torso. The results of these kicks took maintain within the second, as Oliveira tripped Poirier and ended up in high place, the place he rained down heavy elbows over the course of a number of minutes.
Oliveira wasted little time sinking within the successful choke within the third to seal his tenth consecutive win.
“I’m world champion,” Oliveira mentioned. “I’m the person. They speak, I do it.”
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