Charles Oliveira
“do Bronxs”
Charles Oliveira is ranked 4th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating, and 3rd in the UFC’s own lightweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0874th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.57Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,095, 7 Mar 2026
- Record
- 37–11Pro, 1 NC
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Mar 2026 | Won vs Max Holloway TitleUFC 326 - Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +24 |
| 11 Oct 2025 | Won vs Mateusz GamrotUFC Fight Night 261 - Oliveira vs. Gamrot · Submission (Face Crank), R2 | +17 |
| 28 Jun 2025 | Lost to Ilia Topuria TitleUFC 317 - Topuria vs. Oliveira · KO (Punches), R1 | −28 |
| 16 Nov 2024 | Won vs Michael ChandlerUFC 309 - Jones vs. Miocic · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +18 |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Lost to Arman TsarukyanUFC 300 - Pereira vs. Hill · Decision (Split), R3 | −14 |
| 10 Jun 2023 | Won vs Beneil DariushUFC 289 - Nunes vs. Aldana · TKO (Punches), R1 | +24 |
| 22 Oct 2022 | Lost to Islam Makhachev TitleUFC 280 - Oliveira vs. Makhachev · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R2 | −21 |
| 7 May 2022 | Won vs Justin Gaethje TitleUFC 274 - Oliveira vs. Gaethje · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +30 |
| 11 Dec 2021 | Won vs Dustin Poirier TitleUFC 269 - Oliveira vs. Poirier · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +14 |
| 15 May 2021 | Won vs Michael Chandler TitleUFC 262 - Oliveira vs. Chandler · TKO (Punches), R2 | +3 |
| 12 Dec 2020 | Won vs Tony FergusonUFC 256 - Figueiredo vs. Moreno · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +19 |
| 14 Mar 2020 | Won vs Kevin LeeUFC Fight Night 170 - Lee vs. Oliveira · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R3 | +6 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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