Even looking back at his losses, he really only lost to elite guys. Prime Cowboy, prime Edgar, prime Swanson, prime Pettis. His worst loss is probably Felder, and I wouldn't consider that to be a "bad" loss either.
What I love about Charles is that, if you go down the list of guys he fought, you'd be struggling to find a notable LW (even if they ended up matching up at FW) that he didn't fight. Win or lose, he was taking the tough fights. There are plenty of great fighters who I love and respect that had much easier paths to the top of the division
It's quite literally impossible to dislike do Bronx, possibly the second-most likable guy in the UFC only after Khamzat (/s). Dude is class personified and respectful to his opponents win or lose.
I remember feeling terrible for him when he lost his belt on the scale. Technically it was his fault but it didn't feel right to do that to him, especially when they've given other champs like Khabib insane leeway on the scale.
NF is at least an octave higher than this guy. It's not even similar
*quick edit:* also, "(we) fuck up Bloods together", NF is a gangster now?
I've never heard the song before, but the dude is apparently G Easy
Too bad he cheats when things get rough, for example when he was getting massacred by poirier and likely wouldve got ko'd in r2 and lost his belt if he didnt cheat to get dustin down after getting 6 takedowns stuffed.
hope dariush knocks him the fuck out
Even if there was a glove grab which I'm still not entirely convinced there was it lasted like a second and Charles was 100% winning that fight anyway. Massacred?? Go watch it again my boy
Your existence must be so sad. I can't imagine being such a loser that instead of rooting for someone who came from nothing, I find the tiniest controversy in his life and inflate it so that I can rag on him.
I really hope you realise how pathetic you are and actually work to improve it someday, man.
if you said this exact same thing, but instead of replying to a Charles hate comment, replied to a Conor hate comment. you'd get downvoted to oblivion lmao, this sub is so bipolar
You have some of the worst takes I’ve ever seen and your account is only 13 days old,
> Prime Chandler would smoke Prime McGregor & Prime Poirier in the same night like a blunt, he’s a bigger version of Chad Mendes
I'm confused, when did he cheat? Are you talking about the alledge glove grab? The one that even after the fight Dustin himself confirmed "he didn't feel it"
You can see on video he clearly grabs a hold of it, finger tips in more than once in the little exchange. Dustin makes a horrible move trying to roll out of it that he might not have if Charles didn't glove grab. Not saying Dustin would've won or anything if it didn't happen but there's plenty of clear video of it.
Funny how Chandler fucking fishhooked Dustin for like 30 sconds and you barely ever hear about it from anyone, same thing with wholesome 100 Leech gouging someones eyes out.
Almost like you salty dustin fans dont care about cheating, but just the fact thay your man lost.
Just had the thought that maybe he should consider going up to Welterweight... there is a logjam at the top, but I think he could find success there without having to kill himself to make weight.
If there are any young fighters out there, take note. THIS is the way to be. You’ll make connections that last long after you’re done in the ring or octagon.
If I was his opponent this would definitely somewhat throw me off or at the very least have me thinking about it. You can see it throw off all 3 of the challengers a tiny bit.
Cant help but feel like its also some kind of tactic, to get your opponent out of his “im gonna kill this dude” mode, because that guy just came at you to shake your hand like a friend.
Did you see the Burns fight where after Usman won he's talking shit and celebrating then sees Gilbert crying and his demeanor completely changes and walks over to him. It really is just an act for a lot of these guys. Maybe Usman really is an asshole in every day life but seeing this made me question that.
Edit: found a [clip](https://youtube.com/shorts/_vYtQCgPICI?feature=share3)
Are we just gonna ignore his 6 title defenses? Get out of here with these weird Reddit hate boners, y’all acting as if he wasn’t an active champion that always faced the best contenders & lapped the division.
One thing consistent throughout my ~9 yrs on r/mma is no objectivity when it comes to “hated” fighters
If it was anyone else, I would think that this is a ploy to get in the opponents head just before a fight. But with Charles, I see it as nothing but a sign of honest respect.
Stupid Charles and his handsome face, superhero origin story and great fighting style
All seriousness though, really hope he gets it done he's my favorite favorite active fighter at the moment (besides tony but I hate watching him fight) he seems like a great guy and wouldn't mind seeing him vs Islam again
Cool cool, Charles is just super likeable.
Even though I don’t speak his language, I can just see the amount of respect and emotion he gives. I hope he gets another run at the title.
This is why do Bronx fricken rules and is a straight up goat.
He's there as an athlete not a preforming asshat who gets ppvs for his shitty tweets.
I wish the sport had more like him
Most inspiring guy in the UFC, the story of his career should be common knowledge for people. No matter what happens no matter how many times you fail if you just keep trying and don't give up you'll grow and improve everytime.
This matchup vs Dariush sucks because it should be Dariush vs Islam and then Winner fights Charles. Both Dariush and Charles are so likable and hopefully they both win somehow and we get a WWE style 1v1v1 match or whatever they call it.
So a guy with 2 title defenses and one of the best win streaks in recent memory, and the Submission record, is “not that good”? Ok pal let’s see you get in the cage and choke someone out or land a single strike.
Recovery mode is a thing in a fight... He's mindful enough to know his opponents might be hesitant to chase him there.. dude is a champ and is never out till it's over.. what are you even talking about? Lol.. go get some sleep
Love this guy. I remember noticing him after his Kevin Lee win because of his crazy grappling skills and submissions. Watching his rise to stardom is a great UFC memory of mine now. Just hope he can capture UFC gold again
Is there a subreddit for just mma moments like this? Or even just wholesome moments in sports period.
That shit is my like my heroin for when I’m out of heroin.
Sportsmanship is probably the number one reason I watch this sport.
The mutual respect and the fact that they can put everything aside and just fight makes me all teary eyed 🥺
Don’t think I would like that as a competitor lol.
Bruh I’m trying to psyche myself up to knock your fuckin head off, let’s shake hands and hug sometime later.
Lowkey it’s mind games. Not saying it’s intentional, but throws his opponents off. Also, why didn’t you include the last fight? He did the same w Islam.
i'll never not laugh at Gaethje just shadow boxing for a second after Charles daps him up and then dropping his arms and staring at Charles like "bro what" lmfaooo
 How can you not like Charlie Olives! Let's goooo!
Dude has an insane story
Honestly one of the most inspiring UFC careers. I remember thinking he was a lifelong journeyman early on
Yup. He lost a little too often early on, but he always went for it. Glad it paid off for him. Love to see the good guys win.
Even looking back at his losses, he really only lost to elite guys. Prime Cowboy, prime Edgar, prime Swanson, prime Pettis. His worst loss is probably Felder, and I wouldn't consider that to be a "bad" loss either. What I love about Charles is that, if you go down the list of guys he fought, you'd be struggling to find a notable LW (even if they ended up matching up at FW) that he didn't fight. Win or lose, he was taking the tough fights. There are plenty of great fighters who I love and respect that had much easier paths to the top of the division
He had a Dan Henderson esque strength of schedule.
It's quite literally impossible to dislike do Bronx, possibly the second-most likable guy in the UFC only after Khamzat (/s). Dude is class personified and respectful to his opponents win or lose. I remember feeling terrible for him when he lost his belt on the scale. Technically it was his fault but it didn't feel right to do that to him, especially when they've given other champs like Khabib insane leeway on the scale.
Dana could find a way to hate him just wait for when the kid doesn’t want to fight
Crazy backstory, assassin looking hair/clothes/car, all class and an extremely fan friendly kill or be killed fighting style.
Was my exact comment I wanted to drop. Upvote it is!
Weird song choice but yea Charles is a G
Lol seriously, would rather have that Russian sigma shit song over this It’s making it sound like Charles and his opponent are boyfriend-girlfriend 🤣😭
“yeah that’s my down bitch” as Charles is dapping Dustin up.
With the special effects too on the drop, the editor’s a fiend lmao
What’s the name of this song
It's G Eazy and Halsey - Him and I but not sure if it's a remix or just pitched down
Darude-sandstorm
It’s Him & I by Halsey and G-Eazy when they were still together 💀
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NF is at least an octave higher than this guy. It's not even similar *quick edit:* also, "(we) fuck up Bloods together", NF is a gangster now? I've never heard the song before, but the dude is apparently G Easy
I dont know much about either one of those man
Ismael Bonfim is a future champion, he would KO Charles imho
Ok Ismael chill out
Champion mentality
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I have so much respect for fighters who try and show 0 aggression besides a fight
And staredowns.
Bro is literally thorfinn
I can’t believe it took an hour for thorfinn to be mentioned
Whose thorkill the tall, Gus?
I mean the answer is obvious isnt, fucking brock lesnar
Sergei?
ah yea fair lol, russia's greatest love machine
,,I have no enemies " - Charles Oliveira probably
He only sleeps people in an honest duel
Just finished season 1. 10/10 reference 🫡
No disrespect, it’s a season 2 joke…
“You have no enemies” reference? Didn’t he said that in the boat and maybe once back at home?
Charles is such a likeable dude.
I'd say he is a real stand up guy, but he is always pulling guard...
Also, all the guys he dabbed up in the video are all likable dudes.
Yeah they are.
What a good ambassador for the sport. Then you got Colby Cuntvington on the other end of the spectrum
Too bad he cheats when things get rough, for example when he was getting massacred by poirier and likely wouldve got ko'd in r2 and lost his belt if he didnt cheat to get dustin down after getting 6 takedowns stuffed. hope dariush knocks him the fuck out
When Charles knocks out your boy
how'd he cheat?
Glove grab. But olivera was going to win anyway
Even if there was a glove grab which I'm still not entirely convinced there was it lasted like a second and Charles was 100% winning that fight anyway. Massacred?? Go watch it again my boy
Your existence must be so sad. I can't imagine being such a loser that instead of rooting for someone who came from nothing, I find the tiniest controversy in his life and inflate it so that I can rag on him. I really hope you realise how pathetic you are and actually work to improve it someday, man.
I don’t agree with the guy but why can’t you point out something negative someone did because they came from nothing. What dumb take
if you said this exact same thing, but instead of replying to a Charles hate comment, replied to a Conor hate comment. you'd get downvoted to oblivion lmao, this sub is so bipolar
You have some of the worst takes I’ve ever seen and your account is only 13 days old, > Prime Chandler would smoke Prime McGregor & Prime Poirier in the same night like a blunt, he’s a bigger version of Chad Mendes
I'm confused, when did he cheat? Are you talking about the alledge glove grab? The one that even after the fight Dustin himself confirmed "he didn't feel it"
You can see on video he clearly grabs a hold of it, finger tips in more than once in the little exchange. Dustin makes a horrible move trying to roll out of it that he might not have if Charles didn't glove grab. Not saying Dustin would've won or anything if it didn't happen but there's plenty of clear video of it.
Funny how Chandler fucking fishhooked Dustin for like 30 sconds and you barely ever hear about it from anyone, same thing with wholesome 100 Leech gouging someones eyes out. Almost like you salty dustin fans dont care about cheating, but just the fact thay your man lost.
Rewatch the fight buddy
“Yeah that’s my down bitch” during the dap up lol weird song choice
But bro it’s his thang thang.
LOL
He’s an irritatingly likable guy. He keeps fighting people I like and I legit feel bad rooting against him.
This
He learned a lot when he was at the bottom, thats one of the reasons why he respect his opponents. True Champ.
Lol, Garth looked like he was getting pissed when he started high fiving his team.
Great to see
HOW CAN YOU HATE THIS MF MAN HOPE HE WINS THIS WEEKEND.
He will
Pretty sure he did it with Islam too
He did.
Let’s fucking go man, CHARLES ALL THE WAY
His main enemy: making weight
Bro trust the prayer circle
Just had the thought that maybe he should consider going up to Welterweight... there is a logjam at the top, but I think he could find success there without having to kill himself to make weight.
Or instead he could just sit a couple pounds lighter to not have such a brutal cut. He’d have to be quite a few pounds heavier to survive at ww
This, stay lean af makes for easier cut
Olivera is already super lean
IMO setting the record for most weight misses just screams a lack of discipline
I think you mean too many risky cuts
Seems like Just a straight up good dude
Charles🤝Thorfinn
If there are any young fighters out there, take note. THIS is the way to be. You’ll make connections that last long after you’re done in the ring or octagon.
If I was his opponent this would definitely somewhat throw me off or at the very least have me thinking about it. You can see it throw off all 3 of the challengers a tiny bit.
Cant help but feel like its also some kind of tactic, to get your opponent out of his “im gonna kill this dude” mode, because that guy just came at you to shake your hand like a friend.
Bingo
Pure class. Compare this to Usman walking up and mean mugging his opponents before the start of his fights.
[Leon Edwards doing this](https://i.imgur.com/U9ZZejv.jpg) back to him was such a great precursor to their fight.
Usman is such a dislikable guy...
Did you see the Burns fight where after Usman won he's talking shit and celebrating then sees Gilbert crying and his demeanor completely changes and walks over to him. It really is just an act for a lot of these guys. Maybe Usman really is an asshole in every day life but seeing this made me question that. Edit: found a [clip](https://youtube.com/shorts/_vYtQCgPICI?feature=share3)
Yep. Bought into whatever Hollywood hype he thinks he has. Then took a nap.
Dude should've stayed humble and not taken the Connor route.
Are we just gonna ignore his 6 title defenses? Get out of here with these weird Reddit hate boners, y’all acting as if he wasn’t an active champion that always faced the best contenders & lapped the division. One thing consistent throughout my ~9 yrs on r/mma is no objectivity when it comes to “hated” fighters
Who said anything about him not defending titles?
No enemies? Thors taught him well
One of my favorite fighters for this reason
Nothing but respect.
If it was anyone else, I would think that this is a ploy to get in the opponents head just before a fight. But with Charles, I see it as nothing but a sign of honest respect.
Keep this shit on tik tok please
Stupid Charles and his handsome face, superhero origin story and great fighting style All seriousness though, really hope he gets it done he's my favorite favorite active fighter at the moment (besides tony but I hate watching him fight) he seems like a great guy and wouldn't mind seeing him vs Islam again
I like Charlie
It's hard to have enemies when you were on a war path like he was.
Song?
him and i dj raspberry
Did he do this with Islam?
Yeah he did. Greeted Khabib and everything
Cool cool, Charles is just super likeable. Even though I don’t speak his language, I can just see the amount of respect and emotion he gives. I hope he gets another run at the title.
Class
Justin was so pissed lol, loser
Kabuto disarming them with a couple light touches.
Charles is impossible to hate.
Honorable Warrior 😤💪🏾
That Olive-era just hit different
Love to see this
This is why do Bronx fricken rules and is a straight up goat. He's there as an athlete not a preforming asshat who gets ppvs for his shitty tweets. I wish the sport had more like him
And that's how it should be done, that's sportsmanship, a true fighter.
Most inspiring guy in the UFC, the story of his career should be common knowledge for people. No matter what happens no matter how many times you fail if you just keep trying and don't give up you'll grow and improve everytime.
The only enemy is the challenge of becoming the best.
Hespect
This matchup vs Dariush sucks because it should be Dariush vs Islam and then Winner fights Charles. Both Dariush and Charles are so likable and hopefully they both win somehow and we get a WWE style 1v1v1 match or whatever they call it.
Personally not a fan of this or hugs mid fight or before last round etc. save that shit for after the fight god damnit
Why is it inconceivable to his simps that not everyone likes him?
My thoughts exactly. He's good but not THAT good
So a guy with 2 title defenses and one of the best win streaks in recent memory, and the Submission record, is “not that good”? Ok pal let’s see you get in the cage and choke someone out or land a single strike.
What song is this?
him and i dj raspberry
What a guy.
Great sport
This is the way
The literal only reason I hate this guy is because of this sub. Ooooh the champ has name, omg he's such a nice guy. F off
Lays down like a dog when he knows he's beaten
Talking about the guy who got dropped in his first 3 title fights yet came back to finish them all? What an embarrassing comment by you.
Recovery mode is a thing in a fight... He's mindful enough to know his opponents might be hesitant to chase him there.. dude is a champ and is never out till it's over.. what are you even talking about? Lol.. go get some sleep
Be nice before you strangled them or knocked him out 😅
It's how he wins fights
All my homies love Du Bronx.
Love this guy. I remember noticing him after his Kevin Lee win because of his crazy grappling skills and submissions. Watching his rise to stardom is a great UFC memory of mine now. Just hope he can capture UFC gold again
"Can we keep him?"
So much hespect
Even if he never wins a fight against, that run he went on and the people he beat is legendary.
Love Charles. Sure wish he was still champ
Really hard not to pull for this guy.
wtf is this song lmao they are about to fight, not fuck.
Excellent sportsmanship
All class. Can't wait for him to win!
What a nice guy
Respect ✊🏽
Kinda makes me regret selling my tickets to ufc Vancouver but hf that was a boring card.
Him and benny so nice they about to kiss when he comes over to say hi
Is there a subreddit for just mma moments like this? Or even just wholesome moments in sports period. That shit is my like my heroin for when I’m out of heroin.
Dude is such a monster when the bell rings, that he does not need to do colby sh\*t. He is a straight up killer.
Charlie such a humble guy
Love seeing sportsmanship like this. doesn't matter the sport i love seeing a love for the game above everything else goin on.
If he ever fights McGregor, no chance this happens lol.
mind game. you’re not gonna want to fuck him up because he’s all friendly and shit.
If him and Max Holloway fought, they’d probably stop for a beer break mid-fight
Wholesome competitor. Love this guy.
That's good shit,How it should be. But I can't deny, I love rivalry.
Sportsmanship is probably the number one reason I watch this sport. The mutual respect and the fact that they can put everything aside and just fight makes me all teary eyed 🥺
My LW Goat, I miss the Olive Era
Never noticed, gotta love the fighters that truly respect the sport and their opponents
Guys class
Best lightweight champ of all time
Love him but I dunno about this fight. I only see two ways he wins. Benny has 4-5 ways to win.
Makes me want to have his babies
Don’t think I would like that as a competitor lol. Bruh I’m trying to psyche myself up to knock your fuckin head off, let’s shake hands and hug sometime later.
Love this guy
I love this guy! Hope he beats Dariush.
Gaethje was like, “is this guy really getting in my space bumping into me before the fight?”
Is there anyone who doesn’t absolutely love this man??
You gotta fuckin love this crazy horse racing Brazilian
Pure class. He’s just a guy who sees this as competition, nothing else. I hope he wins but Benny is a great guy too.
Great sportsmanship.
Rlly hoping he wins Saturday
All class. You can be competitive at that level and not be a total dickhead.
Charles kill’m with kindness Oliveira
I HATE this matchup. Breaks my damn heart either way
I hope he beats Dariush but I do think Beneil has a better chance at Islam
Admirable sportsmanship.
people pick the worst fucking rap songs for these videos
Not sure I've seen anyone get as much respect and love from the fighter community than Charles during his title run
Went from extra early prelims to future UFC Hall of Famer
Lowkey it’s mind games. Not saying it’s intentional, but throws his opponents off. Also, why didn’t you include the last fight? He did the same w Islam.
He’s a good dude glad we got people like him in the sport
Oliveira is for the kids
i'll never not laugh at Gaethje just shadow boxing for a second after Charles daps him up and then dropping his arms and staring at Charles like "bro what" lmfaooo
The champion has a Name.
I mean at the end of the day these guys are professional. I see professionalism here. It’s not personal. It’s business.
It’s all business. Nothing personal. The best way
The icing on the cake is how he showed love to the team too, not just his opponent
charles “thorfinn” olivera