LAS VEGAS – Charles Oliveira admits Saturday’s defeat was a painful one, however he’s prepared to maneuver ahead.
The previous UFC light-weight champion misplaced a detailed, break up determination to Arman Tsarukyan on the principle card of the historic UFC 300 occasion. He got here shut in ending Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) in a few submission makes an attempt, however simply wasn’t capable of get the job achieved ultimately.
Oliveira (34-10 MMA, 22-10 UFC) isn’t prepared to surrender on his title desires and guarantees to bounce again from the defeat.
“Howdy, my household. I simply wish to thank everybody with all my coronary heart,” Oliveira mentioned in Portuguese in a video message posted on his social media. “Not day by day goes to be a day of glory. It was a tough battle. We had the chance to submit and even knock him out, however I couldn’t discover myself.”
“I obtained some stitches over my eye, I’m a bit swollen, however I’m superb. I already cried. It’s a part of the sport. I’m going to maneuver on now. I’ll return house, be with my household, and begin coaching once more. I hope that you’ll proceed to cheer for me as a result of every little thing I’m going by way of in life now’s great. Thanks, thanks, thanks from the underside of my coronary heart.
“What I can promise is that I’ll come again stronger. It’s the sport, there’s not a lot to be achieved. I had a beautiful camp, a beautiful weight lower this week, however that’s it. Right this moment wasn’t the day. It wasn’t meant to be. Thanks. I’m superb, and I’ll come again higher.”
— Charles ‘DoBronxs’ Oliveira (@CharlesDoBronxs) April 14, 2024
With the defeat, Oliveira is now 1-1 since dropping the UFC light-weight title to Islam Makhachev again in October 2022. Previous to UFC 300, Oliveira had shortly stopped Dariush by first-round TKO. Oliveira was speculated to battle Makhachev for the belt final October, however he sustained a lower and was changed by Alexander Volkanovski, who was knocked out by Makhachev.
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