{"id":468275,"date":"2026-02-11T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/468275\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:30:07","slug":"charles-oliveira-says-hes-gone-from-a-boy-to-a-lion-ahead-of-max-holloway-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/468275\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Oliveira says he’s gone from a boy to a lion ahead of Max Holloway rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC star Charles Oliveira has spoken about his growth ever since his loss to Max Holloway all the way back in August 2015.<\/p>\n

When you talk about beloved fighters in the UFC, Charles Oliveira is one of the big names that really stands out. The Brazilian sensation is a former UFC lightweight champion, he\u2019s been around for well over a decade, and he has produced some of the most memorable fights in recent memory.<\/p>\n

RELATED: UFC legend questions if Charles Oliveira is \u2018still hungry\u2019 ahead of Max Holloway BMF fight at UFC 326<\/a><\/p>\n

At UFC 326, Oliveira will go head to head<\/a> with Max Holloway, a man he first faced 11 years ago. An injury sustained by \u2018Do Bronx\u2019 led to him being unable to continue in that contest, which formed part of an image that followed him around for a long time that suggested he was a quitter.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, Oliveira spoke about just how much he\u2019s grown since that night ahead of this BMF title rematch.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Oliveira reflects on progress from first Holloway fight<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom that last fight to this one, I evolved a lot,\u201d Oliveira said in a recent video on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn that fight, I entered with an injury. It\u2019s a completely different Charles. I know he\u2019s evolved, he\u2019s grown, he\u2019s the BMF champion, but today\u2019s Charles is a completely different Charles.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time, I was just Charles of jiu-jitsu. Today, I\u2019m Charles of MMA. I\u2019m a complete guy. At that time, I was just a boy. Today, I\u2019m a lion among lions, so it\u2019s completely different, one fight from the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quotes via Bloody Elbow<\/a><\/p>\n

Who do you believe is going to get their hand raised in victory at UFC 326? Let us know your thoughts on this fight and both men\u2019s careers as a whole in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC star Charles Oliveira has spoken about his growth ever since his loss to Max Holloway all the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-468275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}