Charles Oliveira Targets UFC Return in Late March or Early April: ‘I’m one fight away from fighting for the belt again’

The former Lightweight champion wants to get back into the title picture soon.

Charles Oliveira wants to make his return in late March or early April.

The former champion believes he’s one win away from another title shot and has mentioned Beneil Dariush as a possible opponent he could face.

“I’ve been a long way from that belt,” Charles Oliveira said. “Today, I’m one fight away from him. UFC knows that – knows that I want. I didn’t come here to play. I came to make history. I want to fight around the end of March, April, that’s my timing. I need to fight on that date. And I need a guy who (is) winning, will definitely be the next challenger for the title.”

“He (Islam Makhachev) will fight now in February, so I, in March, April, caught a guy who puts me in front of the goal again for the title at the end of the year,” Charles Oliveira explained. “For sure {just one more fight to the belt}. Now I fight in March, April and at the end of the year for the title again.”

Boasting the most finishes and submission victories in the history of the UFC, respectively, Sao Paulo grappling menace, Oliveira enjoyed a stunning 11-fight run to the championship back in May 2021, besting Chandler at UFC 262 to win the vacant UFC Lightweight championship.

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