Charles Oliveira doesn’t rule out featherweight move for another UFC title: ‘I can still make 145’
Charles Oliveira was pressured to go to light-weight after a number of failed cuts to featherweight and that proved to be a good move, as he began a legendary run in direction of the 155-pound championship within the UFC.
Years later, he still hasn’t given up on a return to his unique weight class.
“Do Bronx” faces off with Max Holloway in the primary occasion of UFC 326, battling for the BMF title on March 7 in Las Vegas a decade after they met at 145 kilos, and he doesn’t rule out chopping further 10 kilos if his dream involves fruition in 2026.
“Sometimes I think about talking to the bosses and dropping to 145, but I don’t know if I can make 145 anymore,” Oliveira mentioned throughout a Q&A session with followers Thursday night time in Brazil (h/t Faced Channel). “I don’t know… I think moving up to 170 would be easier. I’m not sure I can make 145 anymore. If there were a fight with Conor McGregor, something good for my legacy and my story, that would be cool, but the full focus right now is lightweight. Win now and get another shot at the title.”
Oliveira mentioned “my entire focus” is the light-weight division, beating Holloway after which difficult for the light-weight gold towards the winner of Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje — or whoever else.
The 36-year-old Brazilian revealed he goes all the best way as much as 185 kilos a month after preventing at light-weight, however is assured that he might make 145 kilos once more if given “three or four months” to arrange. Oliveira admitted that shifting as much as welterweight can be “easier” if he simply desires a second UFC title, however he would fairly go right down to 145.
“I think I can still make 145,” Oliveira mentioned. “If it is for the title… I do not know if it was a dream I simply had or one thing from my creativeness. I win the [BMF] belt now, I combat for the [lightweight] title on the finish of the yr, then I quit each titles and drop to 145 to combat for that belt. But I do not know if I used to be dreaming or simply going loopy. I do not know. We’ll see.”
