Former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira is still awaiting a date for his next fight. However, his inactivity over the last six months since his UFC 326 main event win against Max Holloway in Las Vegas has allowed him to become more polished as a training partner and teammate.
Charles Oliveira loved what he saw on Saturday night. The former UFC champion was watching as one of his lightweight teammates entered the Octagon at UFC Vegas 121 inside the Meta Apex.
Before Arman Tsarukyan faced Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 331, a rematch with Charles Oliveira was speculated for the card. However, ‘Do Bronx’ declined the matchup to grieve his teammate Allan Nascimento, who died of a sudden heart attack on 3rd August.
A month has passed since Allan Nascimento’s untimely passing left the MMA world devastated. Early last month, the 34-year-old was found dead in his apartment, with later reports revealing that the UFC flyweight had passed away in his sleep from a heart attack.
Arman Tsarukyan sees only one of his former opponents as one of the greatest of all time. The top UFC lightweight contender has yet to fight with a title on the line in MMA’s leading promotion, but he has still shared the Octagon with some top names.
Justin Gaethje seemingly isn’t as motivated by rematches as fans would think. Gaethje has left his retirement down to his coaches and family by placing his faith in them to tell him when the time is right to walk away.
Arman Tsarukyan accused Charles Oliveira of using his teammate's death as a pretext to avoid their UFC 331 rematch next month. Oliveira withdrew from the Los Angeles card after the sudden passing of Allan Nascimento, his close friend and training partner at Chute Boxe.
Ian Machado Garry was upbeat in the immediate aftermath of his second career loss. ‘The Future’ gave a good account of himself, but he was outpointed by Islam Makhachev over five rounds at UFC 330 on Saturday night.
Neil Magny earned his 25th UFC victory at UFC 330 in Philadelphia, putting him level with Charles Oliveira for second-most wins in promotion history. Magny stopped Ramiz Brahimaj in the second round Saturday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena, per Sherdog.
Diego Lopes has pinpointed when he will finally make his UFC lightweight debut. The only fight Diego Lopes has lost to in the last three years is the current featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski.
As Islam Makhachev enters his first welterweight title defense against Ian Garry at UFC 330, fans and pundits are treating it as a foregone conclusion that Makhachev will pull away with the win.
The sole numbered event in September has undergone a significant change. While the headlining rematch between flyweight champion Joshua Van and former champion Alexandre Pantoja, along with the rest of the main card and preliminary bouts, is set, the co-main event at UFC 331 has undergone a major change.
Former UFC lightweight champion and current BMF titleholder Charles Oliveira reacted to the tragic passing of longtime teammate and friend Allan Nascimento.
Charles Oliveira has paid tribute to his longtime teammate Allan Nascimento, who died of a heart attack over the weekend in Brazil at the age of 34. Nascimento went 4-2 in the UFC and was regarded as one of the sharpest grapplers in the flyweight division.
Charles Oliveira steps into UFC 331 in Los Angeles with his second crack at Arman Tsarukyan, but the lightweight landscape beyond April already offers three clear targets.
Charles Oliveira has earned a reputation as one of the UFC’s cleanest fighters, but that doesn’t mean he believes everyone else is playing by the same rules.
Charles Oliveira won every round on every scorecard and somehow still found himself defending the performance afterward. His patience with that dynamic has clearly reached its limit.
Max Holloway lost his handle on the "BMF" title but vowed his journey was far from finished. Holloway posted his first statement since losing by unanimous decision to Charles Oliveira in the headliner of UFC 326 on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Max Holloway has never hidden from the hard moments, and he was not about to start now. Speaking publicly for the first time since Charles Oliveira took the BMF title by unanimous decision at UFC 326, Holloway kept it short, clean, and completely on brand.
Charles Oliveira delivered one of the most suffocating performances of his career Saturday night, overwhelming Max Holloway with relentless grappling to capture the “BMF” title in the UFC 326 main event.
LAS VEGAS -- 36-year-old Charles Oliveira turned back the clock and shocked the world at UFC 326 on Saturday, putting on a dominant performance against heavily favored Max Holloway to win the BMF belt by unanimous decision, 50-45, at T-Mobile Arena.
UFC 326 is hours away, as the promotion returns to Las Vegas and the T-Mobile Arena, headlined by a rematch between former champions Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira for Holloway's "BMF" title, a fight 11 years in the making.
Trash-talking is a major part of combat sports now. Many fighters start their trash talk on social media and carry it through the pre-fight press conference to build up their fight.
The UFC's symbolic BMF title bouts pit fighters known to put it all on the line each time out against each other for fan-friendly scraps that are nearly impossible to disappoint.