For the past two-plus years, Charles Oliveira has quietly been one of the hottest fighters in all of MMA. That continued on Saturday.
Oliveira (29-8, 1 NC) waged a memorable duel with Kevin Lee in the main event of UFC Fight Night 170 in Brasilia, Brazil and walked out with his hand raised in victory. “Do Bronx” withstood all of Lee’s attacks, remained calm and eventually put an end to the American’s bid to win back-to back fights for the first time in more than two years.
Lee (18-6) landed hard kicks and punches early and often – as did Oliveira – and the fight was heating up to be a thriller for five rounds.