Charles Oliveira

“I believe everybody feels better when they don't cut too much weight.”

“I dream of getting to the belt. I know I'm gonna get there. I'm gonna be the champion.”

“I fought Swanson when I was injured and I shouldn't have but I wanted to.”

“Everything in life has its perfect moments.”

“My jiu-jitsu is very simple and basic.”

“I have a great jiu-jitsu game and I'm awesome at submissions.”

“If I see an opening, I'll go for the submission.”

“I'm almost certain that no one at featherweight or lightweight wants to go to the ground with me.”

“I ended up moving up to lightweight, which I didn't want, and fought a really tough guy, Will Brooks, and beat him like nothing.”

“I fought three opponents in one night two or three times, but never five rounds.”

“The new trend in MMA is to talk trash and curse to get a fight, but I'll never change who I am.”

“I've been fighting in the UFC for five years now and it's about time I'm headlining a card.”

“Rear-naked chokes are easy? Yeah, it's easy to get, but people are getting better at defending it.”

“I practiced everything, from my BJJ to wrestling, judo and Muay Thai.”

“I think Kevin Lee is an excellent fighter who fights well on the feet, has evolved in that area, but his strongest weapon is wrestling, not jiu-jitsu.”

“In my first interview in the UFC, I asked them to throw me among the lions. I wanted to fight the best, and that's what the UFC did. Ex-champions, future champions - that's what I wanted.”

“I will do my best all the time.”

“Only I know how hard I trained. I left my family, my girlfriend, and the people I love in Brazil to train in the United States with 'Macaco' five or six times a day.”

“I think the UFC needs to value me and they are valuing me.”

“I asked for a tough fight, and I'm very excited to fight such a good fighter and a former champion like Frankie Edgar.”