Charles Oliveira

Oliveira claims he made weight for his fight against Justin Gaethje, but still somehow weighed in over the lightweight limit.

“The story is I went up to my room. I swear to God. In the name of my daughter, the most sacred thing in my life. “The champion has a name. So for him to miss the target outright was odd. Oliveira weighed in at 155.5 pounds, a half-pound over the championship limit. But when ‘Do Bronx’ stepped on the scale at official weigh-ins, the weight announced was not what he expected to hear.

Charles Oliveira has looked sensational as the lightweight champion but does not appear to match up well with Justin Gaethje on paper. The bookies have him ...

I'm going to say Charles Oliveira gets the job done. 'It is going to be a scrap,' he argued. 'Gaethje has to be more aware of the takedown. 'The way I see it, Oliveira has more tools in terms of how he can win the fight but you can never count Gaethje out. I think honestly, with the level he is, he's taken from what Khabib was doing to people. 'He can bring a ground assault that is difficult to deal with. It is hard to say but I could see Charles submitting him.' Gaethje goes in there and is always willing to slug it out with anybody. Gaethje looked really good so it is hard. Early, I give it to Justin, late, I give it to Oliveira.' And Oliveira, he's shown he's one of the best if not the best on the ground. It's really cool to see what Charles is doing.

CHARLES OLIVEIRA has broken his silence after being stripped of the lightweight title for failing to make weight for his UFC 274 showdown with Justin.

"So how does that happen? I made weight on the UFC scale. "I'm just incredulous right now, it's unbelievable what happened.

It's unusual to see a Championship fight with a fighter missing weight but things are even stranger with lightweight champion Charles Oliveira.

I don’t understand what happened. “The story is, I went up to my room on Thursday night, having made weight on the UFC scale. I go up to my room, did not consume anything.

Charles Oliveira has been stripped of the UFC lightweight title after missing weight ahead of his title fight with Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 in Phoenix on ...

Oliveira came in half a pound overweight for his title defence against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 - and cannot now retain his belt in Arizona.

I'm here to knock him out and I was here to knock him out before he didn't make weight. I swear to God. In the name of my daughter, the most sacred thing in my life. “The story is that I went up to my room. I’m one over and I don’t understand what happened. Oliveira was due to defend his belt at UFC 274 tonight but weighed in half a pound over the limit on Friday morning. Only Gaethje can win the belt with victory tonight but if Oliveira wins, he will be matched with a leading contender for the vacant title later this year.

Published: May. 07, 2022, 5:00 a.m.. Charles Oliveira wears the UFC lightweight championship belt after defeating Dustin Poirier, ...

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Georges St-Pierre was making a media appearance when news of Charles Oliveira not making weight for his UFC 274 championship fight broke out.

He did that in his last few recent fight and I’m under the impression that if he does that with Justin Gaethje it’s a bad idea. You don’t want to make the fight a coin toss". The Canadian was quick to reply that, in his opinion, Justin Gaethje would win it. ‘Do Bronx’ was scheduled to defend his UFC lightweight title against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274. Georges St-Pierre was making a media appearance when news of Charles Oliveira not making weight for his UFC 274 championship fight broke out. During his interview on the Patrick Bet-David podcast, 'GSP' and co-hosts received the news about ‘Do Bronx’ overshooting the 155 lbs weight limit by 0.5 lbs.

Lightweight champion Oliveira weighed in half a pound over the 155lb limit yesterday and now cannot retain his title even if he beats Justin Gaethje.

The Arizona Department of Gaming, who are licensing the UFC 274 show, insisted the official scale was correct. I was told at 7:30am that the scale was off. But a conspiracy theory began to emerge as fighters complained the 'test' scale they used before the official weigh-in was faulty.

Charles Oliveira won't be the UFC champion on Sunday even with a win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 274.

I weighed in the first time with underwear on and came in that weight, and I took that off and it was the same weight. The champion has to do everything to make weight, even thought I had already made it [before]. I did everything. The champion has a name and his name is Charles Oliveira. I came here to once again show why I’m the champion, and I’ll show it.” And still, as the champion, I dedicated to cut the weight and there was 0,5 pounds left, which is the exact 0,5 pounds over in the scale. “I went to the sauna, I hit pads, I did everything because I’m the champion. Oliveira and his team posted on social media Thursday night he was already on weight, but claim the hotel scale tricked them to believe it.

Charles Oliveira's journey from being told as a child that he would need a wheelchair to becoming UFC lightweight champion is a story of perseverance.

“He said that one day we would be champions and that we would give joy to my parents and to him.” Oliveira added: “The doctors said that I couldn’t play sports, but as I told my father and mother, I would rather die than stop doing the things I liked.” “And we said that we would not accept that.” His mother Ozana told ESPN Brazil: “The doctor said that he would not walk, that he would stay in a wheelchair. “But when I fell against the cage everything went numb, I couldn’t feel my body.” “I injured my neck in training, but did physical therapy and thought everything was fine,” Oliveira told MMAFighting.com.

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Georges St-Pierre reacts to the news of Charles Oliveira missing weight and being stripped of the UFC lightweight title.

Olivera hit the scales half a pound overweight on Friday after weighing in at 155.5 pounds. Especially if it goes a few more rounds… I think it’s sometimes we don’t know the whole story…

The fight card is broken into three different parts and airs on two different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which ...

The event kicks off with a six-fight early preliminary card, headlined by Blagoy Ivanov vs. Charles Oliveira vs. If Oliveira wins, the title will be vacant, but if Justin Gaethje wins, Gaethje will leave the Footprint Center with UFC gold. Blagoy Ivanov vs. The fight card is broken into three different parts and airs on two different mediums. Gaethje event at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz., on Saturday night is below.

UFC 274 is looking to overdeliver on all-action fights on Saturday night. Dana White and company arrive at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona for a ...

Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including a complete preview of UFC 274 below. Only Gaethje will be eligible to leave the Octagon as UFC lightweight champion. Shockingly, Oliveira missed weight on Friday and will be stripped of his UFC lightweight championship.

After Charles Oliveira missed weight for UFC 274 vs Justin Gaethje, a Khabib Nurmagomedov weigh-in resurfaced online.

For others on social media, though, it is evidence of one rule for some and another rule for others. The UFC does have a history of weigh-in controversies. The scales clearly hadn’t settled, however, when the reading as made and appeared to be moving upwards.

The cold open for Saturday's UFC 274 pay-per-view is solid, and plenty sufficient to get fans hyped up for three big fights.

But at least the narrative for women’s strawweight champ Rose Namajunas (11-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC) and former champ Carla Esparza (18-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) stays the same for the cold open, as does the one for the lightweight clash between Michael Chandler (22-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) and Tony Ferguson (25-6 MMA, 15-4 UFC). There’s just one problem: The lead is Charles Oliveira (32-8 MMA, 20-8 UFC) and his lightweight title defense – which no longer is a title defense after he was stripped of the belt for missing weight Friday. Now only challenger Justin Gaethje (23-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) can win the belt. The cold open for Saturday’s UFC 274 pay-per-view is solid, and plenty sufficient to get fans hyped up for three big fights.