Max Holloway, (27-8 MMA, 23-8 UFC) currently the No. 3 contender at lightweight, is due to defend his BMF Championship in March when he fights Charles Oliveira (36-11, 1 NC MMA, 24-11, 1 NC UFC) inside T-Mobile Arena in Enterprise, NV in the UFC 326 main event. The contest will be a renewal of hostilities more than a decade in the making.
Back in the summer of 2015, the two men set foot inside the fabled Octagon for the first time and it ended in a hurry. During the first round of a scheduled five inside SaskTel Centre in Saskatchewan, “Blessed” secured a TKO win in under two minutes when Oliveira sustained an injury to his neck and shoulder, preventing him from continuing in the contest.