Vinicius Oliveira Reveals DMs with Umar Nurmagomedov Teasing Potential Matchup

Vinicius Oliveira has revealed Instagram DM’s with Umar Nurmagomedov following their victories at #UFCVegas87. 👀

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Vinicius Oliveira and Umar Nurmagomedov are seemingly set on a collision course, according to a series of direct messages between the two that were recently shared by the Brazilian.

Oliveira made his promotional debut last weekend at UFC Fight Night 238, bagging $100,000 in bonus money (“Performance of The Night” and “Fight of the Night”) for his flying-knee knockout of fellow newcomer Bernardo Sopai. Nurmagomedov extended his unbeaten streak on the same card with a decision win over Bekzat Almakhan after surviving an early scare.

Oliveira subsequently called out Nurmagomedov for his sophomore UFC outing, labeling the Dagestani an easy fight after watching his clash against Almakhan. “Lok Dog” has now revealed his Instagram direct messages with Nurmagomedov where the Dagestani seemingly agreed to a future clash.

The conversation starts with Nurmagomedov accepting a matchup, “even in the street,” which prompted a response from Oliveira.

“Shut your chicken s—t mouth, on the street with no rules I rip your heart out and feed it to some dogs,” Oliveira wrote. You don't scare me. First you're short, weak and you only have wrestling. I respect you but you have no chance of beating me, not even in your best dream.”

Nurmagomedov then asked for Oliveira’s number to talk, which the Brazilian refrained from sharing.

“Talk to me during the fight, talk with my manager, he'll talk with Dana, and so let's do that buddy,” Oliveira wrote.

When Nurmagomedov asked Oliveira to start preparing regardless of whether the booking came to fruition, “Lok Dog” seemed confident that it would.

“They will give us the fight because I'm the only man able to defeat [you] and put [you] to sleep,” he wrote. “[You] can't touch me, [you] can't put me on the ground with [your] horrible wrestling or sambo, [you] can start [your] f—-ing training sessions because I'm coming after [you] little chicken. see [you] soon.”

The conversation ended with an audio call and a voice note from Nurmagomedov, the contents of which are unknown. Oliveira added the following caption to the screenshot of the conversation.

“Don't be p—-y little chicken and accept this fight, I'll show [you] the [real] war,” he wrote.

“The new victim was found. [Umar Nurmagomedov] gonna sleep and have nightmares with my name. Let's do it [Dana White and UFC].”