Charles Oliveira has admitted he’s lower than keen on a possible rematch with primary contender, Arman Tsarukyan — as he banks on a focused title rematch with Islam Makhachev as quickly as UFC 317 this summer time.
Oliveira, who met with Armenian contender, Tsarukyan at UFC 300 final 12 months, suffered a controversial break up resolution loss to the surging contender over the course of three rounds, in a pairing many pundits and followers scored for the Sao Paulo finisher.
And within the time since, nonetheless, Oliveira managed to return to winning-ways — preventing over the course of 5 rounds at UFC 309 final November at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Within the course of, the Brazilian fan-favorite landed a unanimous resolution win over Michael Chandler — including to a previous knockout of the Missouri native of their first vacant title pairing at the start of 2021.
Charles Oliveira turns down Arman Tsarukyan rematch
Nevertheless, hoping to stop being appeared previous for the title shot subsequent, amid the anticipated divisional transfer of soon-to-be former featherweight champion, Ilia Topuria, Oliveira has claimed he’s laser-focused on a title rematch with Makhachev — slightly than one other title eliminator bout with Tsarukyan.
Not at the moment,” Charles Oliveira mentioned of his curiosity in a re-run with Arman Tsarukyan throughout an interview with Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned. “Like I said, I respect him. I respect his style, his fighting, but right now, I’m seeking the title. That’s the fight that I want. I want to fight for the title. That’s it.”
Charles Oliveira on if he’s keen on a rematch with Arman Tsarukyan:
“Not at this time. Like I said, I respect him. I respect his style, his fighting, but right now, I’m seeking the title. That’s the fight that I want. I want to fight for the title. That’s it.” pic.twitter.com/fJoB52NGLg
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 26, 2025
First preventing Makhachev again in 2022, Oliveira would endure a second spherical arm-triangle submission loss to the Russian within the pair’s vacant title grudge match in Abu Dhabi. With the defeat, Oliveira noticed his record-setting 11-fight successful run halted in addition.
