Charles Oliveira dominated Max Holloway of their UFC 326 foremost occasion to change into the promotion’s fourth BMF champion.
It was all Oliveira within the opening spherical, who instantly swarmed Holloway with strikes earlier than slamming ‘Blessed’ to the mat with a dominant takedown. As Holloway tried to struggle his method up, he gave up his again, permitting Oliveira to hop on like a backpack and go to work.
Oliveira tried to lock in a rear-naked choke a number of occasions all through the stanza, however ‘Blessed’ fought off the maneuver and made it out of the spherical.
It was extra of the identical in spherical two as Oliveira as soon as once more scored a fast takedown and spent a lot of the 5 minutes fishing for a end. Holloway staved off the slew of submission makes an attempt, however not earlier than absorbing just a few nasty 12-to-6 elbows as ‘Do Bronx’ managed him from the again.
Oliveira didn’t stray from the technique in spherical three, placing Holloway on his again and maintaining him there for the length.
Holloway had completely no solutions for Oliveira’s grappling within the fourth, leaving ‘Blessed’ with just one spherical to give you a comeback for the ages in opposition to the UFC’s most embellished finisher.
Regardless of his greatest efforts, together with a late flurry within the ultimate seconds of the ultimate spherical, Holloway was unable to seize the identical magic he delivered in opposition to Justin Gaethje. As an alternative, Oliveira largely managed the fifth — simply as he’d finished within the earlier 4 rounds — to safe a decisive determination victory.
Official Outcome: Charles Oliveira def. Max Holloway by way of unanimous determination (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) to win the BMF championship.
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