{"id":54498,"date":"2025-08-08T12:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/54498\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T12:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:43:07","slug":"oliveira-not-worried-about-quick-return-after-ko-my-mindset-is-bulletproof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/54498\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliveira not worried about quick return after KO: \u2018My mindset is bulletproof\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Oliveira is set to headline<\/a> the upcoming UFC Rio card on October 11th against Rafael Fiziev. It\u2019s a tough fight, and just 105 days after \u201cDo Bronx\u201d got knocked out cold<\/a> by Ilia Topuria in his last fight. But in a new interview explaining why he chose to compete on the Brazilian Fight Night card, Oliveira never sounded more sure of any decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I announced my fight there, the first thing I did was thank God, then Dana, Hunter, and Sean for granting my request,\u201d he told Thunderpick.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s been a really, really long time since I last fought in Brazil. Being able to come back and fight here again, especially at a moment like this, means so much to me. It\u2019s about legacy \u2014 fighting for my people, for my family, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

Immediately after the event was announced, some prominent Brazilian fighters publicly passed on it because it wasn\u2019t a pay-per-view event. Not Oliveira.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people said, \u2018But it\u2019s not a numbered card, right? It won\u2019t pay as much,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not about the money or the number. It\u2019s about the nation. Fighting in front of my people. So I\u2019m definitely fired up \u2026 I haven\u2019t fought in Brazil for such a long time, so this really means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three months is a fast turnaround for any fighter, let alone one who got brutally knocked out in his last fight. \u201cDo Bronx\u201d didn\u2019t seem concerned about it at all, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned a lot from my parents \u2014 that whatever you do, it\u2019s about the present, it\u2019s about now,\u201d he said. \u201cThe moment. If I fought today \u2014 win or lose \u2014 it happened today. Tomorrow\u2019s a new day. And I\u2019ve carried that mindset throughout my whole life, my entire career. When I won, it was just that day. The next day, I had to get back to work, back to training, because there\u2019s always someone out there trying to beat me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I lost, same thing \u2014 I had to come back better. So that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m doing. I went home, took a breath, and got back to training, because I want to be better. I made the request to Hunter and the UFC to fight in Brazil, in front of my family, in front of my people. That would be something magical. And thank God, it\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

While fans will still worry about Oliveira\u2019s ability to train and take punches following that knockout, the Brazilian just sounded blissed out to be competing in his home country for the first time since 2020, and the fifth time overall in his UFC career.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, it\u2019s a really tough opponent \u2014 Fiziev is no joke,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019m genuinely happy and focused. My mindset is bulletproof. And when I\u2019m happy, when I\u2019m feeling bold, things just flow naturally. Last night, when I got the message saying everything\u2019s confirmed, main event, I said, \u2018All right, let\u2019s make it happen.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow it\u2019s set: UFC Rio, October 11. I\u2019m super excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

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