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Charles Oliveira claims that few opponents were willing to face him in Brazil. | Getty/UFC
Charles Oliveira is accusing a number of UFC lightweights of ducking him.
Oliveira is set to return against Rafael Fiziev at UFC Fight Night 261 on Oct. 11 in front of a home crowd at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Do Bronxs” claims that while he was offered other opponents, none of them would fight him in Brazil.
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Oliveira accused those lightweights of trash-talking on the internet without the intent of backing it up. While there had been rumors of a possible matchup against Dan Hooker, Oliveira slammed “The Hangman” for turning down the offer. The Brazilian also mentioned some other potential opponents who apparently weren’t interested in facing him.
Oliveira: Nobody Wanted to Fight Me in Brazil
“None of them would come here to fight in Brazil… I was offered names and they didn’t even want it,” Oliveira told Ag.Fight. “So today when you release this, these guys will tweet ‘Coward! I wanted it, he didn’t want it’. But it’s a lie, my whole life it’s been like this. They poke around, talk s—t from the other side. When I say, ‘Come on, I’m here,’ they take it and run the other way… Topuria just beat me… Arman is waiting for a title fight, Justin Gaethje said he’ll only fight for the belt. Max Holloway broke his hand. Dustin Poirier is retired… [Dan Hooker] is also just talking, for a long time… a guy who speaks a lot of nonsense on the internet but when he’s called, he doesn’t show up.”
Oliveira lost his lightweight title to Islam Makhachev via submission in 2022. Oliveira has since gone 2-2, with a knockout loss against Topuria in a bid for the vacant title at UFC 317 this past June.
Charles Oliveira went off on the lightweight division, including Dan Hooker 😳
“None of them would come here to fight in Brazil… I was offered names and they didn’t even want it.
When you release this, these guys will tweet ‘Coward! I wanted it, he didn’t want it’. But it’s a… pic.twitter.com/5rc7CSOofZ
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) August 11, 2025
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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