Last Updated on noviembre 28, 2021 11:59 am by Erwin Noguera
Charles Oliveira da Silva is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist born in October 17th, 1989.
He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Campeonato de lucha definitivo (UFC), donde él es el reinante UFC Lightweight Champion.
A professional competitor since 2008, olivaira mainly competed in small Brazilian promotions until his move to the UFC in 2010.
He holds multiple UFC records, notably the most submission wins in the organization’s history at 14, and for most finishes at 17.
As of November 9, 2021, he is #8 in the UFC Clasificación libra por libra masculina.
UFC Profile – Charles Oliveira – UFC Streak into Champion Status
2018:
- Oliveira vs Guida:
olivaira enfrentado arcilla guida en UFC 225, replacing an injured bobby verde.
He won the fight via guillotine choke submission in the first round.
The win earned him his fifth Performance of the Night bonus.
- Oliveira vs. Giagos
olivaira faced returning veteran Christos Giagos on September 22, 2018 at UFC Fight Night 137.
He won the fight via submission in the second round. With this win, olivaira passed Royce Gracie for the most submission wins (11) in UFC historia.
Esta victoria le valió el premio Actuación de la Noche.
- Oliveira vs. Miller
olivaira enfrentado Jim Miller in a rematch on December 15, 2018 at UFC on Fox 31.
He won the fight via a rear-naked choke submission early in the first round.
The win earned him a 7th Performance of the Night award (setting a new record), and extended the record for most submissions in UFC History with 12.
2019
- Oliveira vs. Teymur
olivaira enfrentado David Teymur on February 2, 2019 at UFC Fight Night 144.
He won the fight in the second round after stunning Teymur with an upward elbow and punches before applying an anaconda choke.
With this win, olivaira extended the UFC record for most submission wins to thirteen.
Esta victoria le valió el premio Actuación de la Noche.
- Oliveira vs. Lentz
As the first fight of his new, five-fight contract, a trilogy fight with Nik Lentz took place on May 18, 2019 at UFC Fight Night 152.
olivaira won the fight via TKO in the second round.
- Oliveira vs. Gordon
Replacing Leonardo Santos, olivaira luego se enfrentó Jared Gordon on November 16, 2019 at UFC on ESPN+ 22.
olivaira won the fight by knockout in the first round.
Esta victoria le valió el premio Actuación de la Noche.
2020
- Oliveira vs. Lee
olivaira enfrentado Kevin Lee on March 14, 2020 as the main event at UFC Fight Night 170.
At the weigh-ins, Lee weighed in at 158.5 lbs, 2.5 lbs over the lightweight non-title fight limit of 156 pounds.
Sotavento was fined 20% of his purse and his bout with olivaira was expected to proceed as scheduled at a catchweight.
olivaira won the fight via submission with a guillotine choke in the third round.
Esta victoria le valió el premio Actuación de la Noche.
With this win, olivaira also extended the UFC record for most submission wins to 14.
He also moved to second place in terms of bonuses received with 16, and extended his finishing streak to 7.
- Oliveira vs. Ferguson
olivaira enfrentado Tony Ferguson on December 12, 2020 at UFC 256 in the co-main event.
After a dominant three rounds, he won the fight via unanimous decision.
This win earned him his eleventh Performance of the Night award.
2021 – The Championship Fight
- Oliveira vs. Chandler
olivaira faced former three–time Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler para las vacantes UFC Lightweight Championship, mientras encabeza UFC 262 on May 15, 2021.
Despite being dropped by Chandler in the first round, olivaira won the fight via technical knockout early in the second round to claim the UFC Lightweight Championship.
With the knockout win, he broke yet another record, recording the most finishes in UFC historia.
Esta victoria también obtuvo olivaira the Performance of the Night bonus award.
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