Charles Oliveira

“God gave me the power. God showed me the way. He helps me and gives me support and it's my job to get that message out.”

“I was a child among the lions. Now I want to be one of those lions.”

“What matters the most to me is breaking into the top-10.”

“Everybody knows where I come from and how my jiu-jitsu is, training at Macaco Gold Team, but I also work on my striking at Chute Boxe Diego Lima, so I'm prepared on the feet and on the ground.”

“I want to get the belt at 145-pounds.”

“I think I have to go down to featherweight. That's where I should stay, where fights will be more equal.”

“To stay in the UFC while fighting top opponents... tell me one easy fight I had in the UFC. I have a history in the UFC.”

“I love it here, 145 pounds is my division.”

“I know I can beat everyone that defeated me.”

“The future belongs to God.”

“Becoming the guy with most submissions in UFC history at age 28, breaking Royce's record, will definitely give me more leverage with the UFC. I'll get more attention and more sponsors. It helps a lot.”

“I never asked for bonuses inside the octagon, I always focused on winning.”

“I had no easy fights ever since I joined the UFC.”

“I came into the UFC five years ago and I was a kid. Now I'm becoming a man in there.”

“Sometimes at 155 pounds I was the smaller fighter, at 145 pounds I am more often the bigger fighter, and the taller fighter.”

“I'm an employee, I work for the UFC.”

“I don't come with the goal of submitting, knocking out or getting bonuses. I come to do my job, to show that a humble guy can chase what he wants.”

“I'm staying lighter because I want to go back to 145.”

“I don't have to rush the fight. I have five rounds to win.”

“I'm in my best moment, seven straight wins, five by submission, two by knockout. I don't ever leave it in the hands of the judges.”