Former undisputed light-weight champion, Charles Oliveira seems to nonetheless retain some ill-will towards ex-foe, Justin Gaethje — labelling the veteran the toughest hitting opponent he’s ever confronted within the Octagon — however reminding followers at a UFC 312 Q&A that he nonetheless completed the previous after they met.
Oliviera, a former undisputed light-weight champion and the present quantity two ranked divisional contender, most lately co-headlined UFC 309 again in November at Madison Sq. Backyard, taking up two-fight rival, Michael Chandler over the course of 5 rounds.
And delivering his second profession win over the Missouri veteran, Oliveira landed a unanimous determination win over the previous Bellator MMA three-time light-weight kingpin — returning to the winner’s enclosure in addition.
Charles Oliveira places boot in on former-foe, Justin Gaethje
Showing on stage in Australia this week forward of UFC 312 this weekend in Sydney, Oliveira was requested who’s the toughest hitting pressure he ever confronted within the Octagon — revealing former interim light-weight champion, Gaethje shook him in probably the most — earlier than echoing requires a BMF title combat return throughout Worldwide Battle Week.
“It’s very laborious to reply, however [I’ve fought] Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje, Michael Chandler,” Charles Oliveira instructed followers throughout a UFC 312 Q&A session. “Once I fought Justin Gaethje, they stated, ‘He’s the man who hits the toughest’.
“When I hit him, he folded. So, I’ll tell you what — the guy who hits the hardest is me,” Charles Oliveira explained. I’m the problem of this division; I’m going for the BMF belt as well. I’m the one to do it.”
Concerned in a pre-fight fiasco forward of his title combat with Gaethje again in 2021, Oliveira was stripped of his light-weight crown following a weigh-in miscue, and lately claims he felt “disrespected” by the promotion throughout the notorious difficulty forward of his return in Arizona.
“What the UFC did was straight-up disrespectful;” Charles Oliveira defined. I all the time examine my weight on Thursday, the evening earlier than. So, I already had the boldness… However I used to be already listening to rumors round… That the size was calibrated. I used to be assured once I got here again to the lodge, and I used to be 0.8lbs over… It felt like an ungainly state of affairs, and I felt disrespected as a result of they took the weigh-in the evening earlier than after they had been messing with the size.”
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“They should let me know; I felt disrespected by them not doing it,” Charles Oliveira stated. “So, when they said that I had to lose that [weight], I came back to the hotel room and started doing what I needed to do to get some sweat off.”
