{"id":458952,"date":"2026-02-05T00:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/458952\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:35:08","slug":"ufc-legend-questions-if-charles-oliveira-is-still-hungry-ahead-of-max-holloway-bmf-fight-at-ufc-326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/458952\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC legend questions if Charles Oliveira is &#8216;still hungry&#8217; ahead of Max Holloway BMF fight at UFC 326"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Max Holloway\u2019s former opponents wonders if Charles Oliveira is \u2018all-in\u2019 on their upcoming title fight at UFC 326.<\/p>\n<p>BMF titleholder Max Holloway\u2019s next title defense will come against a former featherweight foe in a highly-anticipated showdown at UFC 326.<\/p>\n<p>Holloway and former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will fight in a pivotal lightweight bout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/charles-oliveira-open-to-slugfest-with-max-holloway-in-ufc-326-headliner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the UFC 326 headliner<\/a>. Oliveira is looking to potentially earn another lightweight title shot after a knockout loss to Ilia Topuria last year at UFC 317.<\/p>\n<p>But Oliveira bounced back in a big way against Mateusz Gamrot in his most-recent outing at UFC Rio, defeating Gamrot by submission. The victory earned him a shot at Holloway after a controversial loss to the former featherweight champ earlier in their UFC careers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what\u2019s at stake at UFC 326, one of Holloway\u2019s former foes questions whether or not Oliveira is fully motivated heading into their rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Frankie Edgar wonders if Charles Oliveira\u2019s \u2018hunger\u2019 is alive ahead of UFC 326<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/02\/04\/ufc-326-frankie-edgar-wonders-charles-oliveira-motivation-max-holloway\/88506248007\/?taid=6983b96eba85ed00014b8b43&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MMA Junkie<\/a>, Holloway\u2019s former rival Frankie Edgar shared an interesting assessment of the UFC 326 main event.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI think Holloway is on a tear, kind of like a resurgence a little bit. (155 pounds) is definitely his weight class now. I think going down to \u201945 was too taxing on him. Oliveira, I don\u2019t know, sometimes you just wonder,\u201d Edgar said of Oliveira.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cHe had such an up-and-down type of career until he became the champion, and you just wonder if he\u2019s still hungry. That\u2019s what I wonder. I feel like Holloway is still chasing the bone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holloway also has a lot to prove against Oliveira at UFC 326 as he looks to compete for a second UFC title in the near future. His last two lightweight appearances resulted in dominant wins against Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>For Oliveira, this current lightweight title run could potentially be his last, and he\u2019ll look to showcase a sense of urgency at UFC 326.<\/p>\n<p>What is your prediction for Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira 2? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Max Holloway\u2019s former opponents wonders if Charles Oliveira is \u2018all-in\u2019 on their upcoming title fight at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,17500,786,1395,785,85,787,193818],"class_list":{"0":"post-458952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-charles-oliveira","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-max-holloway","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc","16":"tag-ufc-326"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}