UFC Fight Night (3/14/20) Oliveira submitted Kevin Lee via guillotine choke at :28 of the third round UFC 256 (12/12/20) Oliveira won a three round unanimous decision over Tony Ferguson UFC 262 (5/15/21) Oliveira stopped Michael Chandler via strikes at :19 of the second round to win the vacant UFC lightweight title UFC 269 (12/11/21) Oliveira submitted Dustin Poirier via rear naked choke at 1:02 of the third round to retain his UFC lightweight title With Gaethje’s loss, the belt became vacant Oliveira missed weight for the bout and was forced to relinquish the belt. UFC 274 (5/7/22) Oliveira submitted Justin Gaethje via rear naked choke at 3:22 of the first round. UFC 280 (10/22/22) Oliveira was submitted by Islam Makhachev via arm triangle choke at 3:16 of the second round in a fight for the vacant UFC lightweight title Digging behind those numbers, it's undeniable that Poirier has fought the tougher level of competition during their recent runs but the more you look into the fight, the more it seems ridiculous to treat Saturday night as though it's a coronation for Poirier.UFC 289 (6/10/23) Oliveira stopped Beneil Dariush via strikes at 4:10 of the first round At least by the numbers, there's not a ton separating Poirier and Oliveira. The beautiful thing about the fight game is that there is a simple way to settle debates over who the better man is: lock the men in a cage and let them fight. The shadow of Oliveira's featherweight struggles still looms, however, and drives much of the talk writing him off as lightweight's "true" king. Oliveira took just 2:30 to submit Brooks, and after a brief TKO setback against Paul Felder, went on his nine-fight run of success, finally seeming comfortable on the scales and in the Octagon. That bad run spurred Oliveira's jump back to the lightweight division, where he fought Will Brooks, entering the Octagon as an underdog for the fifth straight fight. Oliveira also missed weight for two of those bouts, something that had been a theme as he'd missed the featherweight limit four times in a 10-fight stretch. Oliveira went 1-3 between August 2015 and November 2016, losing to Max Holloway, Anthony Pettis and Ricardo Lamas. UFC 269 is far from the first time Oliveira has been counted out. But yeah, Dustin Poirier will make him quit, probably from being more hungry, more pressure…I mean, I want Charles Oliveira to show me that he's not a quitter because nothing has showed me that." "I think Charles Oliveira still has some quit deep down in him - not even deep. "I think Dustin Poirier's better," Gaethje said. Just look at the dismissive comments from lightweight contender Justin Gaethje when he appeared on the UFC 265 weigh-in show in August. Critics believe Oliveira was just the guy who took advantage of Poirier's decision to chase a second big-money fight with Conor McGregor, leaving the belt lying around for Oliveira to pick up. Too many seem to be dismissive of Oliveira's chances of retaining his title, treating UFC 269 as merely the moment Poirier finally decided to come grab the belt that's been his all along. He'll also be an underdog to Dustin Poirier, the fighter many believe to be the true top lightweight in the game. Charles Oliveira heads into the main event of UFC 269 on Saturday as the lightweight champion, riding a nine-fight winning streak and with the most submission finishes in UFC history.
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