No stranger to taking fights on short notice, there’s only thing Alex Oliveira won’t accept in his career: losing two bouts in a row. After he accepted a replacement slot for an injured Matt Brown to take on former interim welterweight champion, Carlos Condit, the Brazilian ‘Cowboy’ now wants to score a knockout in order to bounce back from his TKO loss to Yancy Medeiros, in December 2017.

As Oliveira explained to Combate, he expects to get the job done by the second round, but knows Condit’s Muay Thai might pose a problem.

“I need to be careful, because he’ll try to knock me out. I can’t make a mistake. He uses his elbows a lot and likes to counter. I won’t give him that opening. I’ll do my thing, use my strategy and go for the kill. My nose is ready to be broken again if I need to. I walk forward all the time. I’ll try to be a little more patient. I’ll knock him out in the second round.”

A big fan of Condit’s work, Alex guaranteed there is no way he would ever pass up a chance to fight ‘The Natural Born Killer’. Now that the contract is signed and all is official, Oliveira expects it to be the best fight of the evening.

“I used to watch his fights and now I’m fighting him. Funny how the world is. I took the fight on short notice, but I was training. I’m a fan of his, he’s a great fighter. That fight is my opportunity. I really respect Condit, but two men will walk into the Octagon and only one can be the winner. I won’t take two defeats in a row. I never accepted that and it isn’t different now. It’s going to be the best fight of the night. He likes to brawl, just like me.”

Alex Oliveira is expected to take on Carlos Condit at UFC on Fox 29, on April 14, in Glendale, Arizona. The card will be headlined by a lightweight bout between contenders Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje.