Charles Oliveira was scheduled to go head-to-head at UFC 288 against Beneil Dariush. It would have been his first fight since losing the lightweight title to Islam Makhachev. It was a potential no.1 contender fight for the title, but ‘Do Bronx’ had to opt out due to an injury he suffered during training. Oliveira has opened up about it in a recent post on Instagram.

‘Do Bronx’ was on an 11-fight winning streak before suffering the loss at UFC 280 back in October 2022. However, he was looking to bounce back from the loss, but an injury has caused the fight against ‘Benny’ to be postponed at a future date.

Charles Oliveira opens up about his decision to withdraw from the UFC 288 fight

‘Do Bronx’ updated his fans on the situation behind the reason for opting out of the fight against Beneil Dariush. He mentioned that he suffered an injury while practicing his wrestling skills. Oliveira said, “I wasn’t able to train, I got injured during wrestling practice… tried to train, I tried to do everything I could but we couldn’t, so we pulled out of the fight.”

Oliveira also mentioned that he would have loved to fight at the next UFC pay-per-view since two of his teammates will also be fighting in the same event. He added, “[Fighting at UFC 288] would be great because I would be fighting on the same night of two teammates, ‘Willycat’ [Daniel Santos] and Rolando [Bedoya], but God knows all things. We will continue working and stay focussed.”

‘Do Bronx’ will have to refrain from training for a while

The former lightweight champion has also stated that he will have to halt his training regimen for some time to nurse his injuries. “I have to stay [away from training] for a few days…,” said Charles Oliveira.

He mentioned that he had tried fighting while injured once but does not want to repeat that mistake again.

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The former lightweight champion wants to take one step at a time with his injury. He doesn’t want to risk further injuries and hence made the choice to pull out of UFC 288. He is determined to come back and reschedule his fight against Beneil Dariush soon. Fans will have to wait and see when the potential No.1 contenders match will take place.

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