Charles Oliveira to Make Return Before Year-End, Details Yet to Be Revealed

Allan Binoy | 06/07/2024
Charles Oliveira to Make Return Before Year-End, Details Yet to Be Revealed

Charles Oliveira will be back in the octagon before the end of 2024. The former lightweight champion is on a losing streak at the moment and is looking to turn the tables in his favor.

Following a long break from the octagon, he had fought Arman Tsarukyan earlier this year but was unable to overcome the Armenian hurdle. Despite his loss, he is the #2 ranked contender in the division and still has title aspirations.

Don’t count Oliveira out just yet. Although he lost his last fight, it was an incredibly close affair for a fight with ring rust.

To make sure it doesn’t happen again, ‘Do Bronx’ will look to get a quick win under his name. In a recent interview with AG fight, his coach revealed that he would return to the octagon before the end of this year.

And given how quickly champion Islam Makahchev is moving up the ladder and has ambitions of going up a weight class; Oliveira would need to start winning again if he has aspirations of holding undisputed gold again.

 

Meanwhile, the former champ teased fans with a picture of him standing in front of the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, making fans think he is hinting at a return to the capital of the UAE.

 

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The UFC has not yet confirmed the date or the opponent of Oliveira’s next fight, so everything is just speculation at this moment.

That said, there is one fighter who recently called him out to a fight; a former champion looking to win his belt back.

Volk wants Do Bronx and he wants him yesterday

‘The Great’ is currently waiting on Ilia Topuria to confirm their rematch fight date but the Spaniard is notorious for not having defended his featherweight title that he won months ago.

And since Topuria doesn’t want to be a fighting champion anytime soon, Volk would rather fight someone else in the meantime as he revealed in an interview with Freestylebender on YouTube,

“I’m gonna fight lightweight, give me exciting fights. So I want an exciting fight like a Charles Oliveira, I did call out Poirier after that.”

 

Besides, Topuria and BMF champion, Max Holloway seem like a more likely match right now, especially with the latter’s insane last second KO of Justin Gaethje that has raised his stock considerably.

So while Volk waits for the winner of that fight, he is looking to set up an exciting fight at lightweight against the likes of Oliveira or Poirier.

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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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