Charles Oliveira vs Justin Geiki
Glover Teixeira vs Giri Prohazca
Messi Chasson vs Norma Dumont
The next title defense battle of the current UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira has finally been determined, and the opponent is the number one challenger and former interim champion Justin Geigie, and the competition will be held on May 8, Beijing time.
Charles Oliveira (32-8,9 K,20 S,1 N) is 32 years old and has a height of 178cm and an arm span of 190cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2008, winning the PFC sub-middleweights that year, joining the UFC in 2010 with a (12-0) result, and has achieved a (19-8) result at the UFC so far. A 10-game winning streak since 2018 began, including Kevin Lee in the third set in March 2020, Tony Ferguson in Points in December, the vacant UFC lightweight champion Gold Belt in the second leg last May, and Dustin in the third set in December Poirier) successfully defended the title.
Justin Geckie (23-3, 19 K, 1 S) is 33 years old and has a height of 180cm with an arm span of 180cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2011 and won the WSOF Lightweight Championship in 2014 before defending his title five times in a row. Joining the UFC in 2017 with a (17-0) run, although the UFC debuted in the second set TKO Michael Johnson, but in 2017 was defeated by Eddie Alvarez in the third set ko to suffer a career first defeat, and then in April 2018 by Dustin Poirier in the fourth set TKO suffered a two-game loss. He went on to win four straight, with KO James Vick in the first in August, KO Edson Barboza in march, TKO Cowboy Donald Cerrone in the first leg in September, and to Tony Ferguson in the fifth inning in May 2020 winning the UFC Lightweight Provisional Championship Gold Belt. The lightweight championship in October was defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov in the second set, just after a point-by-point victory over Michael Chandler in November. Geiki is currently ranked No. 1 in the UFC official lightweight rankings.
The tournament also confirmed a championship gold belt title battle, with current UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira (33-7, 18 K, 10 S) against challenger Giri Prohazka (28-3-1, 25 K, 2 S). There was also a women's showdown between American women's Messi Chasen (7-2, 2 K, 2 S) against Brazilian women Norma Dumont (7-1, 0 K, 2 S).
Match Match Chart:
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament:
Glover Teixeira (#c) vs. Jiri Prochazka (#2)
UFC Lightweight Championship Tournament:
Charles Oliveira (#c) vs. Justin Gaethje (#1)
Women's Featherweight Competition:
Macy Chiasson (#10) vs. Norma Dumont (#15)
Women's GrassWeight Competition:
Ariane Carnelossi vs. Lupita Godinez
Past interviews
Directed by Li Ke
Kung Fu star Li Bingyuan Jackie Chan female disciple Xu Dongmei