Charles Oliveira is very ambitious … or very crazy.
The UFC 326 headliner, who rematches Max Holloway for the “BMF” belt next month in Las Vegas, believes he can still make the featherweight limit and would not rule out a return to 145 pounds for a title fight or legacy-building showdown.
“I think I can still make 145 if it’s for the title,” Oliveira said during a Q&A session on Thursday night in Brazil (via Canal Encarada). “I don’t know if it was a dream I just had or something from my imagination.
I win the [BMF] belt now, I fight for the [lightweight] title at the end of the year, then I give up both titles and drop to 145 to fight for that belt. But I don’t know if I was dreaming or just going crazy. I don’t know. We’ll see.”
Oliveira, now 36, has not been seen the featherweight class in nearly a decade and let’s just say his last trip south was nothing short of a disaster.
“I think moving up to 170 would be easier,” Oliveira said. “I’m not sure I can make 145 anymore. If there were a fight with Conor McGregor, something good for my legacy and my story, that would be cool, but the full focus right now is lightweight. Win now and get another shot at the title.”
Oliveira (36-11, 1 NC) is hoping to avenge his UFC Saskatoon loss to Holloway from summer 2015.
