However, after this game was officially finalized by UFC, Makhachev was questioned a lot, mainly because the opponents he defeated in the past rarely had high-level top elites.
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Oliveira himself said when talking about the upcoming lightweight championship battle that some of his opponents were harder than Makhachev, and he did not think Makhachev's wrestling . The technique is enough to embrace and throw yourself. But for Mendes, it was all just annoying noise, and he believed Mahachev would destroy Oliveira in this game, just like the 10 opponents he had beaten in the past. "A day or two after we arrived at St. Petersburg , Russia started recruiting people here," said Hamza . "Mahachev wants to visit his parents, stay with them for 10 days, and then go back to Brazil to join us, which is the initial plan. But I think things are returning to normal now and we look forward to going to Sweden week next. If it goes well, Mahachev will be a guest on Abu Dhabi UFC 280."
