Oliveira is the UFC's first new undisputed lightweight champion in over three years.
``Michael, you're a great champion,'' said Oliveira, who already held the UFC record with 14 victories by submission. Oliveira, who has stopped eight of his nine opponents during his winning streak, ran across the mat and hurdled the cage to celebrate his first title belt after 11 years in the UFC and his record 17th UFC finish. Oliveira appeared to be in serious trouble in the first round from Chandler's relentless attacks, but he recovered and then finished in spectacular fashion. ``I'm proving to everybody I'm the lion of lions.'' ``I told you I was going to knock him out, and I came and knocked him out,'' Oliveira said through a translator. The Brazilian veteran pursued Chandler around the perimeter of the cage before dropping Chandler again with a left hook and finishing with punches on the ground just 19 seconds into the round.
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Oliveira (31-8) earned his ninth consecutive victory in dramatic fashion, finishing Chandler (22-6) with a series of precise strikes to claim the belt vacated by Khabib Nurmagomedov's retirement.Īfter both fighters traded big shots in a back-and-forth opening round, Oliveira abruptly dropped Chandler with a left hook in the opening seconds of the second round. HOUSTON - Charles Oliveira claimed the UFC lightweight title Saturday night, stopping Michael Chandler with a barrage of punches early in the second round at UFC 262.
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