Kamaru Usman reveals if we would ever see a Charles Oliveira-Khabib Nurmagomedov matchup

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Charles Oliveira clinched the lightweight title at UFC 262, and no sooner he clinched it, than talks of a fight with the lightweight GOAT Khabib Nurmagomedov began

Charles Oliveira became the 11th lightweight champion at UFC 262, after putting on a second-round clinic against Michael Chandler.

At the end of round 1, it looked like ‘Do Bronx’ was down and out. He switched on out of God-knows-where and pulverized Chandler, just 19 seconds into the second round.

Oliveira’s joy knew no bounds, as he leapt out of the cage heading first to the commentary panel, then to Dana White and finally to his team.

Charles Oliveira defeated Michael Chandler at UFC 262 to become the Lightweight champion (UFC)

There were a lot of talks, of his victory, even intriguing Lightweight GOAT Khabib Nurmagomedov, who retired recently, to make a comeback.

UFC Welterweight Champion, Kamaru Usman addressed this in a recent interview with TMZ Sports. Though Usman revealed that Oliveira’s win was very impressive, he believed that it wouldn’t ‘intrigue’ a man like Khabib to come out of retirement.

Usman then explained how happy Khabib was with his life, before shutting down the possibility of ‘this matchup’.

Usman told TMZ Sports:

“Definitely I think Khabib did watch the fight. Was he intrigued? ‘Yes, I wanna get back in there.’ Probably not…I mean, he’s a man that’s happy. He’s happy with his life. He’s happy with the direction that it’s going and yeah, I think he’s retired.” [via TMZ Sports]

Daniel Cormier reveals what Charles Oliveira shouted after jumping over the Octagon

After his victory, Oliveira jumped over the Octagon and headed straight to the commentary booth where Joe Rogan and Co. were seated. He shouted a few words at Rogan, before heading over to Dana White.

Daniel Cormier who was one of the commentators, revealed in the DC & Helwani Show, what the Brazilian had shouted.

DC said that Oliveira had shouted, ‘Suprise! Surprise!, alluding to Michael Chandler’s post-fight interview at UFC 257.

Cormier was quoted as saying:

“He was yelling ‘surprise, surprise’. Surprise, surprise, do you remember Michael Chandler said that when he won? ‘There is a new contender in the lightweight division’.”