Charles Oliveira Takes Down Max Holloway in Shocking MMA Match-Up!
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 07: Max Holloway defends against Charles Oliveira of Brazil in the BMF Championship fight during the UFC 326 event at T-Mobile Arena on March 07, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Charles Oliveira defeated Max Holloway and claimed the “BMF” belt atop the UFC 326 fight card earlier this month in Las Vegas. It was a lopsided beatdown that saw “Blessed” spend most of their 25-minute affair on his back, defending the mug-and-slug attack from his Brazilian nemesis.
But was Oliveira’s performance badass enough to warrant the “BMF” belt? The fact that we’re even debating the merits of a promotional prop that was made up to help market UFC events that needed a little more weight on the top end is comical, but let’s play along anyway. Fickle fight fans want chaotic car crashes in their BMF fights, not sound defense and strategic gameplans.
As for dismissive fighters , they’re probably just jealous. “With all due respect, I made it look easy,” Oliveira told Olhar da Luta (transcribed by Guilherme Cruz ). “I got criticized for not brawling.
I got criticized for it being all ground. I got criticized saying it was a bad fight. I think when professional fighters say that was a bad fight, that’s jealousy.
To dominate a guy like Max Holloway for five rounds, which I think should’ve all been 10-8 rounds given the level of control, and then say I didn’t stand and trade? ” Fighters who suck at wrestling find it much easier to gaslight fans into believing the ground game is for chumps who are too scared to bang, bro . After all, why bother to work on takedown defense when you can just sneak labels like “crotch sniffer” into the MMA lexicon ?