Dillashaw, banned for two years from the sport after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs, earned another crack at the title by edging Cory Sandhagen on the scorecards in July. Sterling is coming off arguably his best performance of his career, a split decision win over Petr Yan back in April. In the co-main event, Aljamain Sterling will look to retain his bantamweight belt against former titleholder T.J. Makhachev, a close friend and training partner of legendary fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, has followed his teammate’s dominant ways by winning his last 10 bouts in dominant fashion. The Brazilian would go on to a first-round submission win and place himself back in position to reclaim his belt. Oliveira, the former division champion, was stripped of his title in May after failing to make weight before a bout with Justin Gaethje. UFC 280 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi will feature one of the deepest cards of 2022, headlined by a lightweight title fight between two of the sport’s biggest rising stars in Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev.
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