
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Charles Oliveira entered this fight with a professional record of 25-8-0 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 lightweight in the world. ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira was defeated by Paul Felder in 2017 (Charles Oliveira vs Paul Felder) but then he has beat Clay Guida, Christos Giagos and Jim Miller (Charles Oliveira vs Jim Miller 2).
His opponent, David Teymur, has a mma record of 8-1-0 (50% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat when he faced Mattias Rosenlind at his first pro mma fight in 2013, since then he has won eight consecutive bouts beating Lando Vannata (Lando Vannata vs David Teymur), Drakkar Klose and Nik Lentz in his last three. Oliveira vs Teymur is on the undercard of Raphael Assuncao vs Marlon Moraes 2 – UFC Fight Night 144 (UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!