"Ask the people, who is the champion?" - Fans acknowledge Charles Oliveira as the lightweight king with thunderous applause at UFC 280 press conference
"He's not eking out split decisions" - Laura Sanko surprised with odds favoring Islam Makhachev despite his resume being "nowhere close" to Charles Oliveira's
"They don't want one of their best taking on a guy who's never done it and getting mauled" - Chael Sonnen claims the jiu-jitsu community will not risk openly supporting Charles Oliveira against Islam Makhachev
"He left the single golden nugget" - Chael Sonnen believes Charles Oliveira's team did not rally for follow-up fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov hard enough
"Every guy Islam Makhachev fought was a striker" - Charles Oliveira isn't fearful of Makhachev's grappling, claims himself as "the worst problem of the division"
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