33 thoughts on “Charles Oliveira feints the best hand and immediately went into python mode in opposition to Dustin Poirier”

  2. Watch Olives put huge pressure on Dustin’s head and when Dustin resists he lets the head pop up to get the arm under the chin.

  4. Seeing Oliveira give a big middle-finger to everyone that acted like this fight was just a formality in Poiriers coronation, from the fans to guys like Gaethje, is an amazing feeling to say the least.

  5. Heartbreaking for Dustin but Im so happy Olives could legitimize himself as the Lightweight King. I think him versus Gaethje plays out in similar fashion, Gaethje drops him but still gets submitted in the third.

  8. I love Dustin and was really disappointed by him in this fight. After doing pretty well early on he made some really strange decisions in this fight.

    The roll which led to Olivera being on top, I still don’t understand why he rolled because his arm wasn’t in danger, his coach Mike Brown said the same thing, really didn’t make any sense at all

    Once Olivera was on top he decided to give up the entire rd and stay on bottom taking damage, everyone knows Olivera is very dangerous on the ground but you just can’t take damage and get suffocated for an entire rd, Chandler got up, Felder got up and so did several others.

    The contrast on the facial expressions of Dustin after Rd 1 and Rd 2 said it all, for me it was another mental break for Dustin, he said it himself, after Rd 1 he thought he’s about to become a world champion and then Charles fucked him up in Rd 2.

    You can’t really win if you’re thinking of the accolades during the fight itself.

    That being said Charles did everything Dustin couldn’t, for me he shed his reputation of being a quitter and is deservedly the best lightweight on the planet.

  10. All the colby trash talk about Dustin not defending a takedown to save his life was true.

    But it’s not that he has “shitty” tdd. Dude just can’t fight the way he does with a shell and countering (style that he recently adopted and took him to the championship twice) and also defend those blast shots.

    MMA is really tricky sometimes.

  11. It was crazy how quick the end came once he got his hands on Dustin. And watching it live it was like damn, even if he does get out of it-how much will his gas tank have been depleted from carrying Olives on his back?

  17. Watching this back Dustin’s philly shell is biting him in the ass, it makes him sideways and once Charles goes for the body lock he’s halfway to taking his back already.

  20. We are not saying his the best lightweight champion, but he’s pretty good and presents some level of freshness at the top. Usually you look at champions they fight “smart and safe” but olive is just wrangling around like a hungry animal

  21. Why doesn’t Dustin just drop and try to escape it from the ground? I mean if he’s locking it in anyway and your about to tap might as well slam him down and try to escape the back. Dustin obviously thought the ground was guaranteed death too.

  25. Oliveira might end up being the lightweight goat by the time all is said and done. Hot take? Maybe. But ask yourself who has the better stand up, Oliveira or Khabib? Without a doubt Olives is the better striker. He doesn’t have the same type of pressure, but he can stand in the pocket and deliver. Khabib’s stand up is simply a means to an end. Create an opening and take it to the ground. Oliveira ktfo’d Chandler when even Gaethje couldn’t. He traded with Dustin and was constantly moving forward, like in the clip here. I guarantee you he takes it to Justin as well.

    Now ask yourself this. Who has the better submission game? Khabib right? But by how much? They both made short work of Dustin. It was over the second Olives got a hold of him. If Khabib’s submission game is better, it’s simply because that was his primary means of ending the fight. Olives is the more well rounded fighter. And he’s only getting better.

    Final question… who has the better resume? Khabib? Maybe. He is undefeated. But only one of them can improve upon it. The other watches from afar…

  32. As a striker myself, I really love Oliveira.

    I really like the way he fights, he is one of the MMA fighters that make wish I could combine my Muay Thai with takedowns and BJJ. His BJJ makes me so excited.

    He has a few holes in his striking (his kicking mechanics are not really there yet), but the way he can utilize step in knees and elbows to initiate his grappling is absolutely fantastic. Like, I understand what he is doing up until he starts working for submissions, and then it’s all magic to my untrained eyes.

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