Oliveira vs. Dariush Saturday in Vancouver and ESPN PPV UFC
Brazilian Charles Oliveira, a former world champion and current world number one rank in the UFC lightweight division, will face Iranian Benil Darish, the current world number four rank in the UFC 155-pound division, The fight will take place in the co-main event of the UFC 289 card, which Will take place this Saturday, June 10 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The fight, which is promoted by the UFC, will be broadcast on ESPN PPV.
How does Charles Oliveira approach UFC 289?
Oliveira, who is better known as ‘Du Bronx’ and is 33, is looking to return to the victory column after being submitted by Islam Makhachev last October 2022 at the UFC 280 event held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates . Which went for the vacant UFC Lightweight Title. With that loss, he broke a ten-fight losing streak, now entering the fight with a 33–9 record with 30 finishes, 9 by knockout and 21 by submission.
In his long career of just 13 years and 31 fights in the UFC, he holds the record for most bonus wins with Donald Cerrone, with 18 in total, three of which are from the now-defunct Submission of the Night, thanks to Darren. He has also earned three other Fight of the Night bonuses over Elkins, Efrain Escudero and Eric Wisely, thanks to his two fights against Nick Lentz and his fight against Frankie Edgar, and has earned 12 appearances of the night. Bonus, thanks to his convincing wins over Andy Ogle, Hatsu Hioki, Nick Lentz, Will Brooks, Clay Guida, Christos Giagos, Jim Miller, David Teymur, Jared Gordon, Kevin Lee, Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier.
How does Beneil Dariush get to UFC 289?
Dariush, who is better known as ‘Benny’ and is 34 years old, will be looking for his ninth straight win after submitting Drew Dober and Frank Camacho, knocking out Drakkar Klose and Scott Holtzman, as well as Thiago Moises and his last three fights against Carlos Diego Ferreira, Tony Ferguson and Mateusz Gamrot. He enters the fight with a 22-4 record with 13 finishes, 5 by knockout and 8 by submission.
In his long career of over nine years and 21 fights in the UFC, he has won five performance bonuses, once for Fight of the Night thanks to his fight against Carlos Diego Ferreira and four times for Performance of the Night, for his Thanks Daron Cruikshank, solid performances against Drew Dober, Frank Camacho and Drucker Close.
On the UFC 289 card, the star fight of the night will see Brazilian Amanda Nunes, champion of the UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight divisions, defend her 135-pound world title against Mexican Irene Aldana, while Canadian Mike Malott will face American. Adam Fugit in a fight for the UFC welterweight division. Also facing American Eric Anders in a UFC middleweight division fight will be Canadian Marc-Andre Barrault.
