Richardson, Andrew (2022-05-12). "Midnight Mania! The Best Selling PPV Of 2022". MMAmania.com . Retrieved 2022-05-12. Oliveira faced Jeremy Stephens on December 12, 2014, at The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale. [55] He won the fight via unanimous decision. [56] 2015 Oliveira debuted at lightweight by defeating future UFC fighter Mehdi Baghdad in December 2008 at the first event of promotion "Kawai Arena". After that he entered into another tournament at "Korea Fight", where he defeated Daniel Fernandes and Eliene Silva via KO and TKO, respectively. [8]

Daniel Cunningham (2021-02-22). "UFC books Alex Perez – Matt Schnell". empiresportsmedia.com . Retrieved 2021-04-22. Oliveira and his wife have a daughter, born 2017. [137] He resides in Guarujá, living near his old neighbourhood of Vicente de Carvalho, and helps his neighbourhood with regular charities. He is a Christian. [138] Oliveira was previously nearsighted, and wore eyeglasses all of the time. [139] On having to remove them to fight, he said, "If I take my glasses off, I only see 50 per cent but it never hindered me in a fight", "I see three [faces]. If I hit the middle one, that's fine". [140] In October 2022, Oliveira said his eyes are "100 percent perfect" after having had corrective eye surgery. [141] Oliveira faced Hatsu Hioki on June 28, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 43. [50] He won the fight via submission and became the first man to finish Hioki. [51] Nolan King (2023-10-12). "Dana White: Khamzat Chimaev vs. Kamaru Usman at UFC 294 will be title eliminator". mmajunkie.usatoday.com . Retrieved 2023-10-12. A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Paulo Costa and Khamzat Chimaev was expected to take place at the event. [10] However, Costa withdrew after he underwent surgery on his elbow and was replaced by former UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman. [11] The fight served as a UFC Middleweight title eliminator. [12]

Oliveira faced Frankie Edgar on July 6, 2013, at UFC 162, he lost via unanimous decision. Both fighters earned Fight of the Night honors for their performance. [44] MMAFighting Newswire (September 30, 2014). "Jeremy Stephens to clash with Charles Oliveira at TUF 20 Finale". mmafighting.com . Retrieved September 30, 2014. Evanoff, Josh (2019-11-16). "UFC Sao Paulo Results: Charles Oliveira KO's Gordon, Extends Win Streak". Cageside Press . Retrieved 2019-11-17.

A UFC Lightweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former three-time Bellator Lightweight World Champion Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira headlined the event. [5] Former champion Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement immediately after defending his title at UFC 254 last October, citing his father's death from complications related to COVID-19 in July as the main reason behind it. [6] Despite his announcement, the title was never officially vacated as UFC President Dana White said several times that he believed Nurmagomedov would still fight again. White finally conceded on March 19 as he confirmed Nurmagomedov's retirement. [7] Jones, Phil (15 February 2023). "Charles Oliveira Opens OnlyFans Account". JitsMagazine . Retrieved 16 February 2023. Brett Okamoto (2015-08-25). "Charles Oliveira released from hospital". espn.go.com . Retrieved 2015-08-25. Holland, Jesse (2022-01-24). "Report: UFC 269 PPV buys cross 500k mark for 'Oliveira vs Poirier' ". MMAmania.com . Retrieved 2022-01-28. Tied ( Jim Miller) for third most Post-Fight bonuses in UFC Lightweight division history (13) [146]Reinsmith, Trent. "Charles Oliveira broke records, made history at UFC 289". Bloody Elbow. Bloody Elbow . Retrieved October 22, 2023. UFC on FOX 31 results: Charles Oliveira taps Jim Miller in first, adds to submission record". MMAjunkie. 2018-12-16 . Retrieved 2018-12-16. The shoulder dislocated again in the second round however, and after Sterling again took Dillashaw down and landed a number of shots, the referee stopped the fight. Shakiel Mahjouri (2023-02-12). "UFC 284 results, highlights: Islam Makhachev edges past Alexander Volkanovski to retain lightweight title". cbssports.com . Retrieved 2023-10-10. Shillan, Keith (2019-05-18). "UFC Rochester Results: Charles Oliveira TKOs Nik Lentz in Trilogy Fight". Cageside Press . Retrieved 2019-05-19.

A welterweight bout between Leon Edwards and former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Nate Diaz (also The Ultimate Fighter 5 lightweight winner) was expected to take place at this event. It would've marked the first five-round non-title co-main event in UFC history. [8] However, Diaz pulled out due to a minor injury in early May and the bout was postponed to UFC 263. [9] Staff (2014-09-04). "UFC Fight Night 50 weigh-in results: Headliners good, Oliveira four pounds heavy". mmajunkie.com . Retrieved 2014-09-04.Oliveira missed weight (155.5 lb) and was stripped of the UFC Lightweight Championship. Only Gaethje was eligible to win the title. Extended the UFC record for most submissions (16). Breaking News: Charles Oliveira's next opponent named". The Cage Door. November 16, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-20 . Retrieved 2011-11-17.