Should Charles Oliveira haveactually been removed of the light-weight title after missingouton weight by half a pound at the UFC 274 weigh-ins?
Some state yes while others feel that the penalty didn’t fit the criminaloffense and that the Brazilian got ‘screwed’ by the UFC.
Whichever side of the argument you fall on, though, ‘Do Bronx’ desires to make it clear that the UFC wasn’t to blame.
UFC authorities Marc Ratner thinks Oliveira’s hotel scale might haveactually been tampered with and, if that’s the case, Oliveira thinks the Arizona Athletic Commission might haveactually been at fault.
“I think the UFC is not to blame. I believe it is really the athletic commission which is accountable for weigh-ins, best? I hit the weight on Thursday on the UFC scale. So that scale was altered, was gotridof, best?” [Translation via Brazilian MMA Legends]
Although Oliveira just weighed half a pound over the light-weight champion limitation he, too, needto share some of the duty for not revealing up on weight.
Regardless, the now-former light-weight champ went on to defeat Justin Gaethje bymeansof first-round submission and left no doubt as to who the finest light-weight fighter in the world is.
The champ, after all, has a name, and “his name is Charles Oliveira.”
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