Beneil Dariush Shares Theory For Why The UFC Isn’t Pushing Him

Beneil Dariush is not willing to change who he is to get a title push. The UFC lightweight division is stacked with talented fighters and huge personalities. It seems that any man in the top five could be worthy of a title show but the order might come…

Beneil Dariush is not willing to change who he is to get a title push. The UFC lightweight division is stacked with talented fighters and huge personalities. It seems that any man in the top five could be worthy of a title show but the order might come down to other factors. Since the rise…

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Dariush Raises Doubts That Makhachev/Volk Will Actually Happen

UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has explained why it would make sense for the promotion to avoid booking Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski next. While the first championship on the line at UFC 280 was successfully defended and the titl…

UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has explained why it would make sense for the promotion to avoid booking Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski next. While the first championship on the line at UFC 280 was successfully defended and the titleholder left with uncertainty surrounding the next step in his reign, it doesn’t appear that the…

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Dariush Reacts To Volk/Makhachev Exchange: “It Was A Bummer”

UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has admitted that it ‘sucked’ to see newly crowned champion Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski appear to lock in their future matchup at UFC 280. One of the biggest winners from this past week…

UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has admitted that it ‘sucked’ to see newly crowned champion Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski appear to lock in their future matchup at UFC 280. One of the biggest winners from this past weekend’s pay-per-view event in Abu Dhabi appeared to initially be Dariush. The longtime member of the UFC…

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Dariush Names Two Options & Preference For Next Fight

Beneil Dariush is all ready to move on to the next one following his UFC 280 win. Beneil Dariush is just days removed from his UFC 280 win over Mateusz Gamrot but the lightweight title contender is already looking for his next bout. Prior to the UFC 28…

Beneil Dariush is all ready to move on to the next one following his UFC 280 win. Beneil Dariush is just days removed from his UFC 280 win over Mateusz Gamrot but the lightweight title contender is already looking for his next bout. Prior to the UFC 280 event, it seemed that Dariush could be…

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Beneil Dariush: UFC Wants To Keep Me Far Away From The Title

UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush feels the promotion is purposely keeping him away from a shot at the lightweight title. Dariush defeated Mateusz Gamrot via a unanimous decision in his return at UFC 280 on Saturday. It was his first fight since…

UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush feels the promotion is purposely keeping him away from a shot at the lightweight title. Dariush defeated Mateusz Gamrot via a unanimous decision in his return at UFC 280 on Saturday. It was his first fight since defeating Tony Ferguson at UFC 262 last year. Dariush was to face Islam…

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Beneil Dariush eyes UFC 284 return in February, calls for Australia fight with Charles Oliveira next

Beneil DariushOff the back of another hugely impressive victory in his Octagon return at UFC 280 over the course of last weekend, Iran-born lightweight contender, Beneil Dariush has noted his intentions to secure a title eliminator against former division champion, Charles Oliveira at UFC 284 in February of next year. Returning to the Octagon for the […]

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Off the back of another hugely impressive victory in his Octagon return at UFC 280 over the course of last weekend, Iran-born lightweight contender, Beneil Dariush has noted his intentions to secure a title eliminator against former division champion, Charles Oliveira at UFC 284 in February of next year.

Returning to the Octagon for the first time since May of last year on ‘Fight Island’ last Saturday night, Dariush, a staple of Kings MMA, defeated former duel-weight KSW champion, Mateusz Gamrot with an impressive unanimous decision win. 

Dropping Gamrot with a massive overhand shot in the third round of their main card fight, Dariush won the striking and grappling exchanges against the Polish contender in Abu Dhabi, UAE – as well as displaying formidable takedown defense as well as winning scrambles on cue. 

As for Oliveira, the Sao Paulo fan favorite saw his division-best 12-fight winning spree halted in the night’s headliner against Islam Makhachev, dropping a second round arm-triangle submission loss in the duo’s vacant lightweight title battle. 

Beneil Dariush remains interested in a fight against Charles Oliveira

Expressing his interest in a timely route back to title contention, Oliveira’s plans appear to be welcomed by the aforenoted, Dariush, who earmarked a February return at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia – suggesting a fight with the Brazilian.

“Charles (Oliveira) would be great, but is Charles gonna be ready?” Beneil Dariush said during an interview with Submission Radio. “Because is he gonna be in a mindset of where he wants to fight again? If no, Charles, like, I’ll be honest with you, I don’t think the top five are really interested.”

“If Dustin Poirier or Michael Chandler, if one of them wins, I don’t think they’ll want to face me,” Beneil Dariush explained. “Rafael Fiziev – however you say his last name. He’s good, man, I like that fight too. But, yeah, we’ll see. I don’t hate that fight. Ideally, Charles would be better. I was talking to my wife about it, I’m kind of excited for it. I’d love to go to Australia too and do it there.”