Final · 22 Oct 2022

Islam Makhachev defeats Charles Oliveira by Submission (arm-triangle choke)

UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev

22 Oct 2022 · Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, AE

Submission (arm-triangle choke)

Round 2 · 3:16

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Makhachev vs Oliveira — Lightweight Title · UFC 280

What happened

The result, the defining moments, and what the verdict means.

Makhachev's first-round control limited Oliveira's attempts to create a submission scramble.

A right hand dropped Oliveira in round two and sent the fight to the mat.

Makhachev advanced to the arm-triangle choke, which ended the fight at 3:17 of the second round.

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Analysts

No verified pre-fight analyst picks are logged for this historical bout.

Track record rows appear only when a timestamped source has been reviewed.

Archive Pre-fight material — kept for transparency.
Makhachev Oliveira
  1. OutputSig. strikes landed / min 2.63 3.39
  2. Striking def.Striking defense 61% 51%
  3. DurabilitySig. strikes absorbed / min 1.55 3.19
  4. Takedown def.Takedown defense 91% 55%
  5. FinishingFinish rate 67% 84%
22-1-0
Record
33-8-1
8-0 last 8
Recent formRecent formWin–loss record over the fighter’s last five bouts, newest first, as carried in their UFC/FightMetric career stats.
3-2 last 5
34
Age
36
1.78 m
Height
1.78 m
179 cm
Reach — Oliveira leads
188 cm
Southpaw
StanceStanceWhich side a fighter leads from — a striking term, not a religious one. Orthodox: right-handed, left foot and hand forward (the common default). Southpaw: the mirror image, right side forward (usually a left-hander). Switch: changes between the two during a fight.
Orthodox
67%
Finish rateFinish % — Oliveira leadsFinish rateThe share of a fighter’s wins that ended inside the distance — by KO/TKO or submission — rather than going to the judges’ scorecards. Higher means more finishes.
84%
5
Wins by KO/TKOKO/TKO wins — Oliveira leads
10
13
Wins by submissionSub wins — Oliveira leads
22
2.63
Sig. strikes landed / minStrikes / min — Oliveira leadsSignificant strikes landed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter lands for every minute of fight time — a read on striking output and pace. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
3.39
1.55
Sig. strikes absorbed / minAbsorbed / min — Makhachev leadsSignificant strikes absorbed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter takes for every minute of fight time. Lower is better — it means they get hit less often. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
3.19
61%
Striking defenseStrike def. — Makhachev leadsStriking defenseThe percentage of opponents’ significant strikes that do not land — strikes slipped, blocked or evaded. Higher is better. Not the same as striking accuracy, which counts your own strikes that land. From UFC/FightMetric.
51%
91%
Takedown defenseTD def. — Makhachev leadsTakedown defenseThe percentage of opponents’ takedown attempts that are stuffed. Higher means harder to put on the mat. From UFC/FightMetric.
55%
Avg. fight timeAvg. timeAverage fight timeThe mean length of the fighter’s bouts (minutes:seconds) — a rough read on whether they tend to finish early or go the distance. From UFC/FightMetric.
8:52
Russia
Nationality
Brazil
American Kickboxing Academy · San Jose
Team
Chute Boxe Diego Lima · Sao Paulo

Career stats per UFC.com; recent form is each fighter's last five bouts. Numbers reflect records coming into fight night. Bars compare each stat on a fixed scale; the “Edge” marker flags the leading corner where the gap is meaningful. The snapshot plots five career rates — output, striking defense, durability (strikes absorbed, inverted), takedown defense and finish rate — each normalised on its own scale.

Pre-fight analysis — how we saw it going in

Case for Makhachev

Makhachev's championship route was to survive Oliveira's front-foot submission danger, win the first wrestling exchanges and turn top control into a layered choke attack.

Case for Oliveira

Oliveira needed chaos: long-range pressure into clinches, opportunistic submissions and enough threat from every position to make Makhachev hesitate before settling into control.

What We Were Watching For

  • Who won the first serious grappling exchange.
  • Whether Oliveira could force Makhachev to defend submissions from top.
  • How quickly Makhachev advanced from control to the arm-triangle finish.

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