Title fight or not, it figures to be a violent nightcap to a main card that also includes Chandler facing former champion Tony Ferguson and Donald Cerrone squaring off against Joe Lauzon in what could potentially be the final fight in the career of 'The Cowboy'. 'He only moves forward, I only move forward, so there's definitely going to be collisions, definitely going to be a clash.' The Brazilian will likely need to dig deep again against Justin Gaethje, one of the most aggressive fighters in any weight class. Oliveira ran into trouble in his lightweight title fights against Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier, rallying to beat both with a resolve that had been questioned earlier in his career. The fight against Gaethje will be the co-main event at UFC 274, along with Rose Namajunas's strawweight title defence against former champion Carla Esparza. If he wins on Sunday (AEST), he will be the number one contender and get a shot at winning the title back in his next fight. I'd put him h2h against anyone in LW, but it's also dishonest to pretend like he's a clear winner over anyone in the top 5.Oliveira (32-8) came in at about 200 grams over the 70kg limit. He's had a lot of moments where he was KD'd and in trouble, and generally those moments only need to last a hair longer and it's the end of the fight. He's an interesting multi-level fighter and one of the few I'd buy the ppv for.īut it's also frustrating when people act like he's dominant in a way he isn't. Probably more than I like most of the top ten in LW.

Or, maybe to be fairer, because they feel a fighter hasn't 'earned' it like with Paddy.Īnd some people get hate because a mix of the above, like McGregor.įor me, I like Charles. Some people hate a fighter just because they're popular, and some people always feel being contrary is somehow better than going with the popular choice. Some people hate the fighter for their actual deeds (like JBJ) or the things they say (like Colby). Some people hate hype trains, so they hate on guys like Khamzat. Then beyond, there's as many reasons as fighters. They beat a fighter the other person liked more. There's two reasons all fighters get hate.Ģ. Lmao how is Oliveira's record any different, lmfaoooo RDA has lost to multiple wrestlers including Colby, tibau, Kamaru, and Chiesa too. Barboza is a striker, Conor is a striker, Dustin is a striker, Justin is striker. More fights out of the UFC then in the UFC to begin with. Unlike your boy Oliveira, he didn't miss weight 5 times, even when he was weight bullying at feather weight, he missed weight by 9 pounds and STILL got choked out. And still continued to fight at 155 instead of move up lmao.īecause he didn't have a proper nutritionist, and only missed weight once, if you add the 1 time he pulled out of a fight because of weight issues, that's only 2. Tibau got so robbed he lost literally every round of that fight despite being roided to the tits.Īnd had to pull out of a fight another time because he almost died during a weight cut.

Not the first, last, or worst robbery in the sport but it happened.

Charles oliveira quitter