It was Patino also who awarded Charles Oliveira his black belt, as stated by Oliveira himself to the website “ Psicoticos Por Vale Tudo” in May 2010. with Jorge Patino (the coach at MGT) as his instructor and manager Charles conquered a spot in the UFC, arguably the biggest MMA organization in the world. Understanding that he had a bright future ahead of him, he decided to join the Macado Gold Team to further professionalize his game. In 2008 he fought several fights obtaining belts in different events, solidifying his career as a mixed martial artist.

His first win was at an amateur MMA tournament in Brazil called the Circuito de Vale Tudo Amador which he won by armbar. The CB Institute is a nonprofit organization created by UFC Lightweight champion Charles Do Bronx Oliveira to empower underprivileged children & young. This succession of good results in sport jiu-jitsu ran up until 2007, a time when Charles started pointing his career towards MMA. He continued winning important competitions year by year, such as the 3 stages of the Sao Paulo State Championships in 2004, the Copa Nação Jiu-Jitsu in 2005, and an amazing run in 2006 with 16 medals in important tournaments at both his weight class and the open weight division. Do Bronx’s first big win was as a white belt in 2003 when he conquered his first Sao Paulo State Championship in the Junior Division. Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Coming in, ESPN had Oliveira ranked No. Although Oliveira’s guardians could not afford Charles’s tuition, his uncle, Paulo, knew the instructor and intervened on his behalf so the young man could train on a scholarship-type status.Ĭharles Oliveira started training Jiu-Jitsu with Roger Coelho, the coach who awarded him all his belts up until the brown rank. Charles Oliveira, right, a veteran of the UFC since 2010, won the lightweight belt Saturday night in his first title shot. When Charles was around 12 years old, he was invited by those same children to come and train at a local grappling academy. 'Do Bronx' is currently on an 11-fight winning streak. It was through this line of work that he met and made friends with a few kids who trained jiu-jitsu. Both Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev are on prolonged win streaks in the lightweight division of the UFC. Raised in poverty in the neighborhood of Guaruja, Sao Paulo, Charles’ humble beginnings led him to be part of Brazil’s workforce very early in life, helping his mother sell cheese salads from a trailer as a child. Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira BiographyĬharles Oliveira was born on the 17th of October 1989 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Weight Division (BJJ): Leve (76kg-167lbs). 2nd Place CBJJE World Cup (2008 purple belt).1st Place FPJJ Sao Paulo State Championship (2007 blue belt).1st Place CBJJE World Champion (2007** blue belt).1st Place CBJJE South American Champion (2008 purple belt).Lineage: Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Rickson Gracie > Marcelo Behring > Waldomiro Perez > Jorge Patino > Charles Oliveira

He lived in a Favela (slums) which is sometimes playfully nicknamed Bronx and the gym where he first started was also called Bronx, therefore, some of his new gym colleagues started calling him “Charles do Bronx” which translates to “Charles of the Bronx”. Nickname: The “do Bronx” label started being associated with Charles when he moved to Macaco Gold Team. In mixed martial arts, the former member of the “Macaco Gold Team” rapidly climbed up the ladder of success reaching the biggest fighting promotion in the sport, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), becoming the event’s lightweight champion on May 2021. Stay tuned for more details to be announced in the coming weeks.Charles Oliveira, commonly known as Charles “do Bronx”, is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Jorge Patino, who was one of the rising stars in the sport before making a career change to cage-fighting (MMA). After the UFC 280 title fight was announced, Volkanovski spoke on Twitter writing, 'I got the winner!!' Fighting out of Dagestan, Makhachev is one of the top prospects in the organization with a UFC record of 11-1. The highly-anticipated bout will be for the UFC lightweight title. Shortly after being picked as the winner of the ESPYS award, the UFC announced Oliveira will be facing off against Islam Makhachev this October in Abu Dhabi for UFC 280. He most recently triumphed over Justin Gaethje in the first round via submission for UFC 273 but was stripped of his belt due to missing weight by 0.5 pounds. After what was said to be a close race between fellow UFC fighters Kamaru Usman, Alexander Volkanovski, and Kayla Harrison, Oliveira claims the coveted award, succeeding the now-retired Khabib Nurmagomedov who was chosen for 2021.ĭo Bronxs holds a record of 33-8 with one no-contest and is currently running hot with an 11-fight win streak. At 32 years of age, Brazilian fighter Charles 'Do Bronxs' Oliveira has been named the 2022 ESPYS Fighter of the Year.

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