{"id":7396,"date":"2022-10-16T15:22:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T15:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/furyfightclub.com\/?p=7396"},"modified":"2022-10-16T15:22:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T15:22:35","slug":"ufc-280-roundtable-what-does-a-win-mean-for-the-legacies-of-charles-oliveira-and-islam-makhachev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furyfightclub.com\/sq\/ufc-280-roundtable-what-does-a-win-mean-for-the-legacies-of-charles-oliveira-and-islam-makhachev\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 280 roundtable: What does a win mean for the legacies of Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If\u00a0<\/em>UFC 279<\/em>\u00a0was marked by uncertainty and questions (namely \u201cWhy was the card booked the way it was\u201d and later \u201cWhat is happening???\u201d), then\u00a0<\/em>UFC 280<\/em>\u00a0is much more traditional in comparison as far as stakes are concerned: Two title fights, a main card packed with ranked fighters, and immortality possibly on the line for at least one headliner.<\/em><\/p>\n

Charles Oliveira<\/em>\u00a0looks to regain the title he never lost in the cage,\u00a0<\/em>Islam Makhachev<\/em>\u00a0looks to prove that his dominance is as advertised, and\u00a0<\/em>Aljamain Sterling<\/em>\u00a0looks to stop\u00a0<\/em>T.J. Dillashaw<\/em>\u00a0from becoming UFC champion for a third time. Plus,\u00a0<\/em>Petr Yan<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>Sean O\u2019Malley<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>Beneil Dariush<\/em>, and\u00a0<\/em>Manon Fiorot<\/em>\u00a0could all be fighting to earn title shots.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot to unpack with one of the most loaded events of 2022, and MMA Fighting\u2019s Alexander K. Lee, Damon Martin, and Jed Meshew are here to break down the three biggest storylines from an event that could produce ripples felt for years to come.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Islam Makhachev<\/figcaption>\u00a0Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC<\/cite><\/span><\/figure>\n

What does a win at UFC 280 mean for the legacies of Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lee:<\/strong>\u00a0Let\u2019s make one thing clear: Even if Charles Oliveira smokes Islam Makhachev in 30 seconds, that doesn\u2019t make him the greatest lightweight of all-time.<\/p>\n

However, it does set him up for a fight with the lightweight GOAT:\u00a0Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time I\u2019ve proposed the theory that \u201cThe Eagle\u201d has just been biding his time for the right comeback fight (in fact I\u2019m probably a broken record at this point), one that stokes his competitive fires and even has an element of revenge to it. What matchup fits the bill better than returning to the octagon to not only get one back for his boy, but to also snuff out the suggestion that he\u2019s not the best to ever do it at 155 pounds? Nurmagomedov has given no indication that he has any intention of fighting again, but he\u2019s only 34 years young as of this past September. He ain\u2019t done.<\/p>\n

Then again, Makhachev could completely ruin this fantasy scenario if he beats Oliveira with his usual machine-like efficiency. The Dagestani wrestling beast has been called a Khabib-lite of sorts in the most complimentary way possible, and defeating Oliveira would provide an enormous boost to a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that is just short of elite. Forget UFC gold, Makhachev could start carving own niche in the lightweight GOAT discussion if he beats Oliveira.<\/p>\n

Martin:\u00a0<\/strong>Charles Oliveira is already the best lightweight in the world, but if he\u2019s able to vanquish the second coming of Khabib Nurmagomedov, it means in about 18 months, he would have wiped out just about every top-ranked fighter in the world at 155 pounds.<\/p>\n

Think about that for a second.<\/p>\n

If Oliveira is successful, he will have beaten Makhachev,\u00a0Dustin Poirier,\u00a0Justin Gaethje, and\u00a0Michael Chandler\u00a0in four consecutive fights. At worst, that puts him in the same conversation as Nurmagomedov as the greatest lightweight to ever compete in the UFC.<\/p>\n

Yes, Oliveira has a whole lot of losses on his record so it would be tough to ever see him pass up a fighter who retired undefeated while dropping maybe two or three rounds total in his entire UFC career. Still, Oliveira\u2019s level of dominance and finishing power is unmatched, and beating Makhachev will put him in the same vicinity as Nurmagomedov, who can\u2019t add anymore accolades to his resume after retiring from competition.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s highly unlikely watching Makhachev lose would suddenly change Nurmagomedov\u2019s mind about fighting again, but he would absolutely see a challenge to his claim as the GOAT.<\/p>\n

As for Makhachev, a win over Oliveira does one thing and one thing only \u2014 it justifies the hype that\u2019s been building around him during this long unbeaten streak.<\/p>\n

Not only has Nurmagomedov been his biggest cheerleader as coach and mentor, but Makhachev has legends of the game like\u00a0Daniel Cormier\u00a0praising him like he\u2019s already the best fighter to ever put on a pair of gloves in the octagon. Despite all those compliments, Makhachev hasn\u2019t really faced the level of competition to justify his position yet.<\/p>\n

Sure, he\u2019s beaten some solid opponents, but nowhere near the murderer\u2019s row that Oliveira has gone through in the past couple of years. Makhachev will back up everything that everybody close to him has said with a single win over Oliveira at UFC 280.<\/p>\n

Meshew:<\/strong>\u00a0If Oliveira wins, it makes him the most interesting man in lightweight history. And when Islam wins, it ends the debate about Khabib being the GOAT. Oh, and I guess it\u2019s pretty cool for Islam too.<\/p>\n

Because the lightweight division is the toughest in the sport, and has been since its inception, the 155 GOAT conversation is incredibly muddled. No one has that many title defenses, and everyone (not named Khabib) has a bunch of losses, which means you can find fault with anyone. This is especially true for Oliveira, who is on a sensational run right now, but was pretty middling before that. Still, the run is so good that beating Makhachev undeniably puts him in the conversation for lightweight GOAT. I still won\u2019t have him ranked as such because Khabib was the best lightweight on Earth for six years while Oliveira has held the title for one, but you can\u2019t deny he\u2019d have a case. And at lightweight, having a case is really all anyone can ask for.<\/p>\n

As for Makhachev, a win does all the things a title win does for any first-time winner, but it does more for those around him, actually. A win completes the late Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov\u2019s master plan, further entrenches Dagestan as one of the great MMA hubs in the world, and ends the challenges to Khabib\u2019s title as GOAT. Rightly or wrongly, Makhachev will never get into the GOAT conversation because of his earlier loss and because he was second fiddle to Khabib. Even if he runs up six title defenses and Khabib himself says Islam is the best (both possible), the public will largely look at it in the simple terms that Islam was better than everyone else, but he still wasn\u2019t better than Khabib.<\/p>\n

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Aljamain Sterling<\/figcaption>\u00a0Photo by Louis Grasse\/PxImages\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/cite><\/span><\/figure>\n

Which bantamweight will make the biggest statement?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Martin:\u00a0<\/strong>There\u2019s a lot riding for the bantamweight division at UFC 280 between a title fight and a former champion battling arguably the most talked about prospect since a certain Irishman came strutting into the promotion nine years ago. But as much as Sean O\u2019Malley beating Petr Yan would upset the apple cart and T.J. Dillashaw reclaiming a title he lost after he just couldn\u2019t stop putting a needle in his ass would mean, the real answer to this question is the reigning and defending UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling.<\/p>\n

Despite everything he\u2019s done to cement himself as the best 135-pounder in the UFC, it feels as if Sterling is always ice skating uphill when it comes to his perception among fans and his fellow fighters. He tapped out\u00a0Cory Sandhagen<\/a>\u00a0inside 90 seconds, yet that didn\u2019t earn him much favor going into his first title fight opportunity against Yan.<\/p>\n

He took an illegal knee from Yan and couldn\u2019t continue, yet somehow Sterling ended up looking more like the villain than the guy who actually cheated! When he returned 13 months later, Sterling put on one of the best performances of his career to beat Yan and yet his win has been called a fluke or a gift of bad judging, neither of which are remotely true.<\/p>\n

If Sterling can go out and beat Dillashaw \u2014 an established bantamweight legend, who may have even been chemically enhanced along the way \u2014 that should do more than enough to shake loose the last doubters who just refuse to give him any respect. Sure, Sterling will still have his fair share of haters, but dispatching Dillashaw after already handling Yan and Sandhagen should at least silence the trolls for a little while.<\/p>\n

Meshew:\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s going to be a statement that no one wants to hear, but the answer is T.J. Dillashaw.<\/p>\n

I think I\u2019m higher on Sterling than most people are (I\u2019m one of the few who stood by his first title win as legitimate and firmly scored the rematch for him), but this is not a good matchup for him. Whatever you think of Dillashaw, the dude is a damn good fighter, with a very tricky style, and I\u2019m struggling to see how Sterling finds consistent offense. Dillashaw is an excellent defensive wrestler and his movement makes taking him down even more difficult. And while Sterling has steadily improved on the feet, he\u2019s still obviously uncomfortable standing. I see Dillashaw kind of styling on Sterling like he did to\u00a0Renan Barao, delivering one of his best performances and reminding everyone that he never lost his bantamweight belt in the cage.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll also say that there was a very real part of me that wanted to pick Sean O\u2019Malley here. I think Petr Yan is probably the \u201cbest\u201d bantamweight in the world (i.e. I\u2019d pick him in a third fight with Sterling) but that\u2019s in five-round fights. Three rounds changes the math, and Yan\u2019s style is much better suited to longer fights. O\u2019Malley is usually a fast starter and so I can easily see Yan giving the first round away, at which point O\u2019Malley only needs to win one of the final two frames. With his length and offensive acumen, that is definitely possible, though maybe not probable.<\/p>\n

Lee:<\/strong>\u00a0He\u2019s the lowest ranked of all the bantamweights in discussion, but when the dust settles at UFC 280, there\u2019s a good chance that Sean O\u2019Malley is the man everyone is talking about.<\/p>\n

Aljamain Sterling silencing what remains of the doubters with a definitive victory over T.J. Dillashaw would be big, Dillashaw becoming champion again could be just as big, and Petr Yan dispatching O\u2019Malley would be expected. But O\u2019Malley taking out a former champion and one of the three best bantamweights in the world? That might make O\u2019Malley the biggest star of the whole event, forget just in his division.<\/p>\n

From the moment\u00a0Dana White\u00a0first saw him on\u00a0Contender Series<\/em>, the UFC president has been dazzled by \u201cSugar\u201d \u2014 and to O\u2019Malley\u2019s credit, he\u2019s taken that initial push and run with it. He\u2019s lost just once in nine UFC outings, and more importantly he\u2019s cultivated a youthful fan base that few other fighters can boast. Whether people tune in to watch his entertaining striking style or are praying for his downfall, O\u2019Malley draws eyeballs.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if O\u2019Malley can pull off the upset, but he has the most to gain out of anyone competing at UFC 280 if he does. The popular theory is that O\u2019Malley is next in line for a title shot, and if he beats Yan, I\u2019ll actually believe that he can win it.<\/p>\n

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Manon Fiorot<\/figcaption>\u00a0Photo by Josh Hedges\/Zuffa LLC<\/cite><\/span><\/figure>\n

Outside of the top 3 matchups, what\u2019s the most intriguing fight of this stacked card?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Meshew:\u00a0<\/strong>The true answer is probably\u00a0Katlyn Chookagian\u00a0vs. Manon Fiorot, but since MMA fans have a pointed disinterest in \u201cBlonde Fighter,\u201d I won\u2019t die on that hill. Instead, I\u2019m choosing the functional lightweight title eliminator between Beneil Dariush and\u00a0Mateusz Gamrot.<\/p>\n

I love Gamrot. KSW champions will always have a special place in my heart and his fight with\u00a0Arman Tsarukyan\u00a0earlier this year was one of the best fights of 2022. He puts on a hell of a pace, wrestles his ass off, and just generally excels at all the little things I love in MMA. But I have serious questions about whether he can do those things to Beneil Dariush.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0Leon Edwards\u00a0having won the welterweight title, Dariush now takes over the mantle of most underrated fighter in MMA. He\u2019s won seven in a row, all good wins, and with some really fun performances. A world-class grappler, Dariush has added a legitimately dangerous striking game to the mix, and so he presents serious dangers to Gamrot. Most importantly though, assuming I\u2019m correct in my belief that Islam Makhachev becomes the new lightweight champion, this fight is for the next title shot.<\/p>\n

Alexander Volkanovski\u00a0has his own division to attend to (he\u2019s only beaten three currently ranked guys!), and\u00a0Dustin Poirier\u00a0and\u00a0Michael Chandler\u00a0have already had their shot. If Oliveira wins,\u00a0Conor McGregor\u00a0is probably getting it because we follow a broken sport where the better you do, the less serious you become. But Makhachev is from the Nurmagomedov school of fighting: You fight the dudes who deserve it. The winner of this will deserve it, and God willing, that man will get his chance.<\/p>\n

Lee:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019d lean towards Beneil Dariush vs. Mateusz Gamrot, but I\u2019m not convinced that Dariush can do anything to convince the UFC that he deserves a title shot, so that immediately dulls some of the intrigue for me.<\/p>\n

More likely to get a championship opportunity with an impressive performance? Manon Fiorot.<\/p>\n

Undefeated in her past nine fights and 4-0 in the UFC, Fiorot is such an intriguing contender at 125 pounds, and that\u2019s not something you get to write often when you\u2019re talking about a division ruled over by\u00a0Valentina Shevchenko. There\u2019s enough mystery surrounding Fiorot that it\u2019s possible she could present a challenging puzzle for Shevchenko, but also enough game tape that picking her for the upset wouldn\u2019t be a complete shot in the dark.<\/p>\n

All she has to do now is beat Katlyn Chookagian, one of the most consistently confounding gatekeepers in the UFC. Chookagian\u2019s high-volume, low-impact style might infuriate fans, but guess what? It wins fights. And in the UFC, that matters more than anything. She has had her issues with accurate power punchers, a description that fits Fiorot to a tee, but she\u2019s also stifled the title hopes of many aspiring flyweights.<\/p>\n

Other than O\u2019Malley, Fiorot is the surest bet to book herself a future title fight with a win at UFC 280.<\/p>\n

Martin:\u00a0<\/strong>On paper it\u2019s Beneil Dariush vs. Mateusz Gamrot, because those two should throw down in a seriously entertaining contest that could secure the winner a title shot. But that\u2019s the easy answer. That\u2019s why I\u2019m going with\u00a0Belal Muhammad\u00a0vs.\u00a0Sean Brady, which headlines the preliminary card ahead of the pay-per-view.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0Khamzat Chimaev\u00a0keeps stealing all the headlines at welterweight despite maybe not even being a welterweight any longer, Muhammad is by far the most criminally underrated fighter at 170 pounds. He\u2019s put together an eight-fight unbeaten streak capped off by a pair of suffocating performances over Stephen \u201cWonderboy\u201d Thompson and\u00a0Vicente Luque.<\/p>\n

By all accounts, Muhammad has been getting better even as he climbs higher in the rankings, yet nobody ever calls his name. He should probably be facing someone in a No. 1 contender\u2019s fight, but instead he\u2019s taking on a very dangerous opponent in Brady in what amounts to a high-risk, low-reward situation.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what makes this such an intriguing matchup, not to mention that Brady is really freaking good (yet by all accounts, most fans couldn\u2019t pick him out of a line up consisting of two people). This fight is Brady\u2019s chance to cross over from anonymity to relevance, especially when it comes to the welterweight division.<\/p>\n

The winner won\u2019t be getting a title shot, but it puts that person in a unique position to \u2014 at worse \u2014 call for a fight against an opponent that will earn them that opportunity. Whether it\u2019s Khamzat,\u00a0Colby Covington, or maybe even the loser out of\u00a0Kamaru Usman\u00a0vs. Leon Edwards 3, either Muhammad or Brady will be in a prime position in one of the toughest weight classes in the sport heading into 2023.<\/p>\n

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