Charles Oliveira dismissed criticism from fellow fighters following his grappling-heavy victory over Max Holloway at UFC 326, saying negative reactions to his performance stem from jealousy.<\/p>\n
Oliveira controlled Holloway across five rounds in Las Vegas on March 7 to claim the BMF title, drawing scrutiny from some within the MMA community for prioritising takedowns and ground control rather than a striking battle.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came in to fight a guy that nobody had dominated, nobody had taken down,\u201d Oliveira said, according to Olhar da Luta<\/a> and MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cEveryone who took him down, he would hit the mat and get right back up and then go on to do what he does\u2026 I came into a fight where, with all due respect, I made it look easy.\u201d<\/p>\n He pointed to the effectiveness of his overall performance, highlighting both his striking and grappling success throughout the bout. \u201cThe best hands, the best kicks, I was the one landing,\u201d Oliveira said, according to the source. \u201cMy ground game was flawless. He defended, sure, but my ground was impeccable. There wasn\u2019t a single moment where things got bad for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Oliveira also referenced previous criticism he received after engaging in a striking exchange in a past defeat, contrasting that with the reaction to his latest win. \u201cAnd I got criticized for not brawling. I got criticized for it being all ground,\u201d Oliveira added. \u201cI think when professional fighters say that was a bad fight, that\u2019s jealousy.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking ahead, the Brazilian questioned what more is expected of him after securing a decisive victory over a highly regarded opponent. \u201cI don\u2019t know what they want,\u201d Oliveira said. \u201cFor the next fight, I want them to tell me the game plan\u2026 Because if I go in there and win the fight and it\u2019s still not good enough, then there\u2019s nothing I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite falling short of a finish, Oliveira expressed satisfaction with the result and emphasised the significance of his achievement, noting he brought the BMF title to Brazil for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charles Oliveira dismissed criticism from fellow fighters following his grappling-heavy victory over Max Holloway at UFC 326, saying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-546681","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\/546681","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=546681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}