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Charles Oliveira entered UFC 274 fight week in Phoenix as the UFC lightweightchampion and defeated Justin Gaethje in Saturday night’s main event. However,he didn’t leave Footprint Center as champion.

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Gaethje would have won the title with a victory, but Oliveira emergedvictorious in a short and wild fight via rear-naked choke submission at the3:22 mark of the opening round. “This is a message to the entire division — I am a problem to the entiredivision. That is my title,” Oliveira said.Carla Esparza of Redondo Beach, Calif., became a two-time champion by earninga split decision over Colorado’s Rose Namajunas in a matchup that was short inaction, as Namajunas appeared to be completely disengaged.Esparza is a wrestler and Namajunas spent most of the boutcircling away to the outside to avoid potential takedowns.

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