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“I’ve always had tough opponents in there,” Oliveira told MMAjunkie. “I’ve always fought big names – that’s what I’ve always asked for and what they thankfully have always given me. Former champs, well-ranked guys in both the lightweight and featherweight divisions.
“Starting with Max Holloway, I think that fight will happen again some day. It wasn’t a punch or a kick that landed, it was a takedown attempt and an injury I already had.”
“Right after that I had a win, against Myles Jury (UFC on FOX 17) – a very tough guy who was coming down from the 170-pound division,” he said. “Thankfully, I was able to go in there and do my job very well. And right after that I got the former (lightweight) champ, Anthony Pettis.”
The loss to Pettis at UFC on FOX 21 ended up being the choke specialist’s first time being choked out. It wasn’t, however, the last as Oliveira went on to meet the same fate against Ricardo Lamas on short notice at UFC Fight Night 98, when the 27-year-old Brazilian fighter missed the featherweight limit by nine pounds.
The skid, however, doesn’t faze Oliveira, who thinks he was off to a good start in both occasions.
“Those who watched the fight (with Pettis) saw it was very even,” Oliveira said. “I traded blows, I did work on the ground, I ended up making a mistake at the end and exposing my neck. But those who saw the fight saw it was a back-and-forth. It could have gone either way in a decision. And unfortunately, after that, in my fight with Ricardo Lamas in Mexico, I took it on less than 20 days notice.
“Everyone knows there’s a lot of altitude there, and it ended up making it very hard to make the weight. I didn’t make weight, but we were doing a great fight. I think I was winning both rounds, but I ended up making the same mistake I did with Pettis, with my neck, and he ended up catching it.”
http://mmajunkie.com/2017/03/ufc-21...htweight-sees-max-holloway-rematch-in-future/
“Starting with Max Holloway, I think that fight will happen again some day. It wasn’t a punch or a kick that landed, it was a takedown attempt and an injury I already had.”
“Right after that I had a win, against Myles Jury (UFC on FOX 17) – a very tough guy who was coming down from the 170-pound division,” he said. “Thankfully, I was able to go in there and do my job very well. And right after that I got the former (lightweight) champ, Anthony Pettis.”
The loss to Pettis at UFC on FOX 21 ended up being the choke specialist’s first time being choked out. It wasn’t, however, the last as Oliveira went on to meet the same fate against Ricardo Lamas on short notice at UFC Fight Night 98, when the 27-year-old Brazilian fighter missed the featherweight limit by nine pounds.
The skid, however, doesn’t faze Oliveira, who thinks he was off to a good start in both occasions.
“Those who watched the fight (with Pettis) saw it was very even,” Oliveira said. “I traded blows, I did work on the ground, I ended up making a mistake at the end and exposing my neck. But those who saw the fight saw it was a back-and-forth. It could have gone either way in a decision. And unfortunately, after that, in my fight with Ricardo Lamas in Mexico, I took it on less than 20 days notice.
“Everyone knows there’s a lot of altitude there, and it ended up making it very hard to make the weight. I didn’t make weight, but we were doing a great fight. I think I was winning both rounds, but I ended up making the same mistake I did with Pettis, with my neck, and he ended up catching it.”
http://mmajunkie.com/2017/03/ufc-21...htweight-sees-max-holloway-rematch-in-future/
