Charles Oliveira

There are guys that just entered the UFC and people already talk about fighting for the belt. Guys that have one fight there and say call a jiu-jitsu phenom. They haven't done anything in the UFC yet to deserve all that attention.

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

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

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'll fight anyone. I've never turned down a fight in the UFC, and I'm here to fight.

Man, jiu-jitsu is such a chess match.

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

When Kevin Lee's name was brought up, I told everyone I thought this fight would happen. This is a good fight for me. It surprised me because nobody wants to fight in Brazil.

The only thing Kevin Lee does better than me is talk and sell fights like that. I sell fights my own way, inside the cage.

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.

Jim Miller is an important fight for me. It's just like any other fight, but it's important for me because Jim Miller was the first guy to defeat me.

If someone ever says I had an easy fight in the UFC, they are lying.

I would really like fight in Uruguay.

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

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.

It's easy to enter the UFC, but staying there isn't.

My job is to fight. I make money by fighting - that's how I provide to my daughter.

I do not think UFC gives wrestling of the night bonus.

I have fun when I fight, and I am going to have a lot of crazy moves.

You do have to fight different when you might have to fight three times in one night. I really like fighting just one time a night, this lets you do more things.

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

Mr. Efrain Escudero is a great fighter and TUF Champ. He has fought in big fights, and has a great record.

When I get in the cage I am smiling because I am having fun.

If I could I would fight every week.

I like to stay busy!

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

Actually, 2016 wasn't a good year for me, as I didn't get any wins. But I started to feel things would get better when I found out about the pregnancy. I'm very happy, this is a new chapter of my life and I'm sure I'll win and dedicate it to my daughter and my family.

Kevin Lee is really tough. He has some flaws in his game that we can work with. I think he mixes up his boxing and his wrestling really well. He takes you down, he unleashes some strong ground and pound. However, he usually starts a round strong and then starts to fade. In five rounds, I think I can take an advantage of that.

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.

My friends joke that I'm a young veteran in the UFC.

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

Lightweights are heavier and bigger than me. I walk around 166 pounds, and other lightweights come down from 198, so they are stronger than me.

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

McGregor talks a lot, but he's also really tough and deserves our respect.

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

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

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

Anything you do in your life, you have to be a professional.

Featherweight is my division.

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 don't think about winning a bonus, I think about putting on a good fight and, if God blesses me, I will win the bonus.

What's important is to be fighting in the UFC. It doesn't matter if it's the first or last show.

Anthony Pettis, he's a really tough fighter and it was a close fight until I made a mistake and gave him the neck.

Max Holloway, I know I can beat him.

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

A fight is a fight and anything can happen.

Stop messing around sending me unranked fighters. I want someone ranked, someone that will take me closer to my goal, which is to become champion.

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

I would fight McGregor in any weight, no problem. It would be a good fight, I'd really like to fight him.

I always come in different. A different Charles comes in every time. A Charles that wants to fight and win and become the champion.