Charles Oliveira wants to participate in other forms of combat sports, indeed the number 1 lightweight wants to fight elsewhere than in the UFC.
The former UFC lightweight champion was recently at UFC Vegas 76, where he accompanied Chute Box teammate Elves Brener who suffered a massive cut during his fight. While in Las Vegas, ‘do Bronx’ closely followed the fourth edition of the UFC Fight Pass Invitational, which took place on Thursday, June 29.
The event featured five submission grappling matches and an eight-man elimination BJJ tournament, featuring names like Glover Teixeira, Craig Jones, Felipe Preguiça and Nicholas Meregali. Charles Oliveira wants to stay in shape A third degree black belt in BJJ, Charles Oliveira is ready to participate in grappling fights during his absence from the octagon. ‘do Bronx’ said during an interview with AgFight:
“Jiu-jitsu is what I like to do outside of MMA. If I had the opportunity to do jiu-jitsu with or without the gi, it would certainly be very important to me. Because I want to continue to fight, to participate in competitions, it would be important. All I have to do is get in touch with Diego, with Macaco, who will probably be here fighting. I watched Glover’s fight, he’s sensational, he deserves all the respect in the world. He truly deserves all the respect in the world.
For me, therefore, it is very important to fight. For sure [I’m in, if they invite me]“. The UFC is not a complete fan of the idea of having its athletes fight outside the Octagon, for fear that its fighters will injure themselves unnecessarily.
Either way, we’re awaiting Dana White’s announcement regarding the Brazilian’s future at lightweight since Islam Makhachev doesn’t want to face him.
