Charles Oliveira bears a career arc almost unlike any other competitor in Ultimate Fighting Championship history, as he has run the gamut from can’t-miss prospect and outright bust to reborn contender and fully formed champion.
“Do Bronxs” will set his sights on the symbolic BMF title when his rematch with Max Holloway headlines UFC 326 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Oliveira steps onto the battlefield as a modest underdog against a man to whom he already lost, albeit in a strange turn of events. Esophagus injury does not pop up too often on anyone’s bingo card.