Robert Whittaker predicts a bad night for Charles Oliveira at UFC 326.
Oliveira (36-11 MMA, 24-11 UFC) challenges Max Holloway (27-8 MMA, 23-8 UFC) for the BMF title in a rematch, which headlines the March 7 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Paramount+).
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Whittaker lauded Holloway for his crowning moment, in which he famously pointed down to the center of the octagon with just seconds remaining in his BMF title fight against Justin Gaethje at UFC 300, earning an iconic last-second knockout.
The former UFC middleweight champion thinks Holloway’s striking is too dangerous for Oliveira.
“I still don’t really understand what the BMF is, what that means,” Whittaker told Submission Radio. “I don’t think anyone really does, but Max is definitely the BMF. I don’t think you can lose that title. You can’t be up five rounds and then point to the center of the octagon.
“You don’t lose the BMF no matter what because nobody else does that. Nobody else can because they don’t have the cojones. I worry for Oliveira. I love him like everyone else does, but Max is the better striker. He’s going to go in there and go pow, pow, pow. Oliveira is going to get hurt, man. He gets hurt in a lot of fights.”
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Oliveira is a slight underdog against Holloway. He will look to avenge his August 2015 main event loss to Holloway, which came by TKO due to injury in Round 1.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 326: Ex-champ worries for Charles Oliveira in Max Holloway fight
