The UFC scale snafu might’ve cost Charles Oliveira several million dollars – but the Brazilian isn’t too shy to try and make up for the loss.
In a brilliant turn of events the champion has turned to selling the merch to commemorate the events leading up to UFC 274.
Oliveira’s official webiste recently listed a new item for sale.
Charles ‘Do Bronx’ seems to be used to rolling with the punches. Oliveira is represented by former UFC athlete Diego Lima which does give a glimmer of hope but considering his management couldn’t even stop Oliveira from getting stripped in victory the situation is troubling to say the least.
‘Do Bronx’ tipped the scale at 155.5 lbs, a mere 0.5 lbs above the championship weight. With the weight miss, he was stripped of his title and the lightweight crown was declared vacant.
MMA journalist Ariel Helwani blasted UFC for the way they’re treating Oliveira.
To add to his argument, he brought up examples of the overweight champions that were still cleared to compete for the title.
“We all saw the clip, I reposted it – not because I have an ax to grind with Khabib – [but] because it was very noticeable. Khabib, Gaethje, that thing wasn’t even settled. Boom, boom, please go to the back and rehydrate. ”
“We’ve seen this time and again. And in case you’re gonna sit there and say, ‘Call out you’re boy DC.’ Of course, and I’ve called him out to his face. In Buffalo, he didn’t make the weight, he held on to the towel. GSP in Montreal – my other boy – he was over 170 and they rounded it down.”
“So time and again, people in championship fights have been over. If you think your that your favorite champion fighter hasn’t been over back in the day… you’re fooling yourself.”
Dana White explained Oliveira will receive PPV points for UFC 274 but wasn’t sure about his next bout.
Question: … It’s your belt so if you wanna give it to him you can give it to him – when it was Al Iaquinta who was gonna fight for it and you’re like ‘Yeah, we don’t care, if you beats the guy we’ll give him the belt’
Dana White : ‘Listen, he’s the guy. He’s the guy. He didn’t make weight. We have rules. He didn’t make the weight – he doesn’t , he doesn’t… the belt is vacant.’
‘I think… I’m sure in the minds of the media and fight fans Oliveira is the champion. But, technically he’s the number 1 contender’
Later on, White confirmed Oliveira would receive PPV points for UFC 274 – but was unsure and maybe even skeptical if Oliveira would be getting PPV points for the next title defense considering it would technically be a vacated title.