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Former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will face rising Armenian standout Arman Tsarukyan in a No. 1 contender bout at UFC 300 in April, with the winner likely to challenge for the title. Oliveira, who won the vacant lightweight title in 2021 but was later stripped of it, will look to rebound from a recent loss, while Tsarukyan enters the fight on a three-fight win streak.
Khamzat Chimaev, one of the UFC's rising stars, has signed a new long-term contract with the promotion. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it will keep Chimaev exclusively with the UFC. He is set to face former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in a middleweight bout at UFC 294, which will serve as a No. 1 contender fight. The winner will go on to face newly crowned champion Sean Strickland for the belt. Chimaev, who has fought in multiple divisions, has been viewed as a potential future champion since his UFC debut in 2020.