This situation has never happened in UFC history, a defending champion missing weight and losing the belt on the scale. It's unclear what will happen in the immediate aftermath. Gaethje refused to tap and went unconscious. Oliveira followed him to the floor and set up a triangle then a rear-naked choke. However, it was a right hand down the middle by Oliveira that dropped Gaethje again and was the beginning of the end. Oliveira, 32, even pulled guard at one point, but Gaethje, 33, backed off. Both times Gaethje stepped back and allowed Oliveira to get up.
He dropped Oliveira twice in the very short fight, once with a left hook and again with a right. He staggered Gaethje, who is from Arizona, immediately with a right hand and threw kicks to the body. The Brazilian fighter was ultra-aggressive from the opening bell. If that had an impact on Oliveira's mindset, it was only a positive one. It meant that going into Saturday's fight, only Gaethje could win the belt if Oliveira won, it would remain vacant. Oliveira (33-8) was scheduled to defend his title against Gaethje (23-4) at UFC 274 but was stripped of the belt instead after missing weight by half a pound on Friday. Oliveira, under extremely difficult circumstances, submitted Justin Gaethje via rear-naked choke just 3:22 into the first round of their lightweight battle at UFC 274 inside Footprint Center. PHOENIX - Charles Oliveira isn't the official champion.
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