Charles Oliveira defeats Michael Chandler via unanimous decision in wild UFC 309 co-main event

Not 1 idiosyncratic was connected their spot arsenic Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler enactment connected a classical successful the UFC 309 co-main lawsuit successful Madison Square Garden connected Saturday night.

At the extremity of 5 rounds, Oliveira won each 3 people cards, 49-46, 49-46, 49-45, successful an implicit barn burner of a rematch. 

In a showdown helium won soundly for the archetypal 4 rounds, Oliveira astir saw himself knocked retired successful the 5th erstwhile Chandler landed his dense hands and pounced connected the erstwhile lightweight champion.

Later successful the round, Oliveira took Chandler's backmost to effort a signature submission finish. Throwing caution to the wind, Chandler looked toward Donald Trump and slammed Oliveira doubly successful the halfway of the Octagon.

Nonetheless, the combat went to the judges, who each favored Oliveira aft helium controlled overmuch of the contention contempt Chandler having his moments.

Chandler and Oliveira met successful the Octagon again, 3 years aft slugging it retired for the 155lb rubric vacated by Khabib Nurmagomedov successful 2021. 

In their archetypal meeting, Chandler came seconds distant from winning UFC golden successful his sophomore effort successful the enactment earlier Oliveira was yet saved by the horn successful the archetypal round.

Do Bronxs secured a second-round TKO implicit Chandler and submitted Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje successful the pursuing outings. However, helium forfeited the rubric aft missing value for the Gaethje fight.

The Brazilian mislaid to Islam Makhachev successful the bout for the vacant belt. He past knocked Beniel Dariush retired successful the archetypal circular earlier falling successful the No. 1 contender combat against Arman Tsarukyan astatine UFC 300. 

On the different hand, Chandler sandwiched a spectacular knockout implicit Tony Ferguson betwixt losses to Gaethje and Poirier, some astatine Madison Square Garden.

The Missouri autochthonal past took a agelong layoff, waiting for the Conor McGregor comeback combat that was signed, sealed, but not delivered.

The brace went caput to caput successful a play of The Ultimate Fighter successful 2023 and were acceptable to header International Fight Week successful July earlier McGregor pulled retired with an injury.

Whether oregon not the sport's biggest prima volition measurement successful the Octagon again remains a question, hence Chandler taking the rematch with Oliveira alternatively than waiting and grooming successful vain for McGregor.

Chandler remained existent to his wishes to invited McGregor backmost to the cage by calling The Notorious retired aft the fight. The nonaccomplishment moved Iron Mike to 28-9.

On the different hand, Oliveira moved to 35-10 and enactment himself successful rod presumption to combat the victor betwixt Makhachev and Tsarukyan for the title.