On Sunday night, featherweights Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira will square off at UFC Fight Night 74 in the main event north of the border in Saskatoon.
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In an interview with MMA Junkie, a UFC medical consultant said Oliveira suffered a micro-tear of his esophagus.
However, he admits that a rematch with McGregor is something he thinks about often when he is in between assigned fights.
Max Holloway punches Cub Swanson (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Charles Oliveira, now sitting at #7, will be looking to leapfrog Holloway and put himself in amongst the big dogs in the division. He appeared to be in fantastic shape for this bout, and though Holloway was doing well, the fight was less than two minutes deep.
“I am 34, but I honestly feel 24”. Where’s the bad blood?
UFC observers conjectured over the source of the injury at the time, with the neck, shoulder and throat all suspected to be possible ailments. Holloway is on an aforementioned six fight winning streak, with five of those six wins coming by way of submission or TKO. You can start your free trial of UFC.tv here.
Oliveira earlier revealed that he entered the fight with an existing injury.
“It sucked”, said Holloway. He’s fought nine times in the last 18 months and won eight of them; that’s impressive.
The UFC featherweight was rushed to the hospital right after the fight, and has yet to be released by the doctors.
Nicknamed “Do Bronx” which means the ghetto, an Oliveira match is often an event to watch as it brings action and a lot of drama. Oliveira is tied with the third-most submission wins among active UFC fighters with seven. And with just eight UFC victories total that’s called making your mark. “Saying that, “Oh I went to a decision” – because at the end of the day, I lost”.
Holloway knows the stats, and he’d be foolish not to. This fight was going to catapult the victor in the title conversation. Initial indications are positive, though, per Tom Wright, the UFC’s Managing Director for operations in Canada.
Anyone can clearly see the growth Charles Oliveira has had throughout his MMA career. This is how we make our living.
And the UFC quickly followed suit with its half of a bargain struck a number of years back. Max Holloway throws an overhand right at Will Chope during their featherweight fight.
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Standing in Silva’s way is young-gun Neil Magny, who was added to the card just two weeks before the event to cover for an injured Rick Story.
