Former Ultimate Fighting Championship beltholder Charles Oliveira is getting the royal treatment in returning to his home country.
In the main attraction of UFC Fight Night 170 in March 2020, Charles Oliveira and Kevin Lee squared off in what would be the final UFC match for a few months thanks to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. A little under five and a half years later, and “Do Bronxs” has been given the green light to compete atop an event on his home soil. At UFC Rio—also known as UFC Fight Night 261—on Saturday, he faces late replacement Mateusz Gamrot, in what will be his first career headlining spot in Rio de Janeiro.