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Oliveiras bout against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 will go ahead as scheduled, although the title will remain vacant if the Brazilian comes out on top in ...

Oliveira has won 10 straight bouts in the lightweight division, but even if he wins the bout, which will go on as scheduled regardless of his weight, he will not become champion and the title will remain vacant. UFC confirmed the title was vacated immediately, leaving his opponent Justin Gaethje as the only fighter with a chance to become the lightweight champion on Saturday. Charles Oliveira was stripped of the UFC lightweight title and cannot reclaim it at the main event at UFC 274 on Saturday night after failing to make weight.

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The fight will proceed as scheduled, but the championship will only be on the line for Gaethje. If Oliveira wins, he will be the number one contender for the vacant Lightweight Championship and will fight the next challenger for the undisputed title belt at a time and place to be determined. *Charles Oliveira missed weight for his UFC 274 main event bout against Justin Gaethje on Friday afternoon in Phoenix, weighing in at 155.5 pounds. The prelims will continue exclusively on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 8pm ET/5pm PT followed by the ESPN+ Pay-Per-View main card that will kick off at 10pm ET/7pm PT.

H. istory has already been made ahead of UFC 274. For the first time in the promotion's history, a champion has lost their title on weigh-in day after Charles ...

Co-Main Event - Strawweight Title: Rose Namajunas (115) vs Carla Esparza (115) - Donald Cerrone vs Joe Lauzon - Charles Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje

This weekend could be another Trevor Wittman success story with both Rose Namajunas and Justin Gaethje in title fights.UFC 274 will see Thug Rose defe.

Carla is the main goal and the main mission is to defeat her. I had a couple more bumps a long the road but eventually got there,” Namajunas recalled. “I had a few moments,” Namajunas started. But I do think there is a benefit in going to a big team atmosphere, it’s just being around other fighters and all that stuff. “I would imagine that he has a bunch of people who do specific things for him. He has a bunch of people that are surrounding him…

The fight will go ahead, but the lightweight title is now vacant due to Oliverira's weight issue. Oliveira has lost his title without even stepping into the ...

“If Charles wins the fight tomorrow night, he will win the fight, but the belt will be vacant. T&Cs apply. Max stake rules apply.

Charles Oliveira made history on Friday, but it wasn't the kind he wanted to make. Oliveira missed weight at the UFC 274 weigh-in and became the first ...

Oliveira came back a second time and weighed the same. Oliveira missed weight at the UFC 274 weigh-in and became the first fighter in UFC history to be stripped of his title and is no longer the UFC lightweight champion. Oliveira had one hour to shed the weight.

Fight fans across Kilkenny will be staying up until the early hours tomorrow (Saturday) as local Team Ryano leader Myles 'Splinter/Magic' Price will take on ...

Or you can email [email protected] at any time. Price recently signed with Professional Fighters League (PFL) MMA after leaving Bellator and the promotion booked him to fight Pettis in a standout season opening bout. Fight fans across Kilkenny will be staying up until the early hours tomorrow (Saturday) as local Team Ryano leader Myles 'Splinter/Magic' Price will take on Anthony 'Showtime' Pettis in a much-awaited Professional Fighters League (PFL) bout.

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I lost to Charles Oliveira for the world title, and then I lost a fight of the year candidate to Justin Gaethje. But that didn’t feel like a loss. She is both the present and future of UFC, and she will be too much for Esparza (18-6) on Saturday night. She lost to Esparza in the inaugural strawweight title bout in December of 2014, but Namajunas (11-4) is now a far more complete fighter. “People are going to call me out and say I want the money fights, but really, I got into this sport for a couple different reasons: I wanted to fight the best guys on the biggest stage with the most on the line. It was a blast, and even though I didn’t get my hand raised, we created some waves that are going to be felt for years to come. I was knocked down and hurt, but this is the calling of my life. He’s a guy I would love to fight next.” "I’d love a rematch with Oliveira, and when I fought Gaethje in November, we fought to break each other. “That’s a fight everybody wants to see. Cerrone opens the main card against the dangerous Joe Lauzon (28-15), who has hungered for a moment and platform like this. Rua (27-12-1) is coming off a loss to Paul Craig, while Saint Preux (25-16) has dropped his last two. Bellator 280 is headlined by heavyweight champ Ryan Bader defending his title against Kongo Cheick in Paris, France. The afternoon start (main card begins at 4 p.m. ET) won’t help the Showtime rating, but it does extend the fight day for fans.

'This is a disgrace': UFC world erupts as star stripped of title in historic weigh-in drama.

And I honestly feel most for Justin. What an absolute let down for everyone in the division,” he wrote on Twitter. We only found out when we were informed as we were coming down to check our official Weight. Luckly [sic] I was under so that didnt hurt me,” she wrote. In a stunning turn of events, Charles Oliveira was stripped of his lightweight belt on Saturday morning after failing to make weight ahead of UFC 274.

Charles Oliveira was set to defend his UFC lightweight title against Justin Gaethje this weekend in Phoenix, and while the two men will still fight, ...

Oliveira’s coach Diego Lima posted Thursday night that his fighter was already on weight, and indeed, Oliveira seemed shocked to have missed weight on the first go-round. Nobody wants the main event of a UFC card to have been defanged by a scale malfunction, though almost every other fighter made weight, except one who couldn’t commit to the full weight-cutting regimen because she was sick. This is now the fourth time Oliveira has missed weight in his professional MMA career; the previous three instances were at featherweight, so this is the first time he failed to make 155 pounds.

The MMA world reacts to Charles Oliveira losing the UFC title at the scale ahead of his UFC 274 main event bout against Justin Gaethje.

And I honestly feel most for Justin. What an absolute let down for everyone in the division.— Paul Felder (@felderpaul) #sadday May 6, 2022 We only found out when we were informed as we were coming down to check our official Weight. Luckly I was under so that didnt hurt me.— Ariane “Sorriso” Carnelossi (@ArianeSorrisoo) May 6, 2022 Making weight is always hard. This is not the first time that Oliveira has had difficulty at the scale, though his previous misses came when he was competing as a featherweight. I have nothing against the champ. “Do Bronx” failed to make championship weight for his scheduled UFC 274 main event title defense against Justin Gaethje, coming in at 155.5 pounds on two separate attempts, half a pound over the limit.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov was able to beat him within two rounds last time but Gaethje saw Oliveira as a completely different challenge. UFC title fights do not permit the one-pound allowance typically afforded in non-championship showdowns. The 32-year-old Brazilian was due to put his lightweight title on the line at UFC 274 in Arizona but weighed in half a pound over the limit.

Charles Oliveira missed weight for his UFC 274 main event bout against Justin Gaethje on Friday afternoon in Phoenix, weighing in at 155.5 pounds.

Due to the weight miss, Oliveira will forfeit a percentage of his purse. The fight will proceed as scheduled, but the championship will only be on the line for Gaethje. If Oliveira wins, he will be the number one contender for the vacant Lightweight Championship and will fight the next challenger for the undisputed title belt at a time and place to be determined. As of this moment, Charles Oliveira remains the UFC Lightweight Champion, but upon the start of the Main Event Headliner tomorrow night he will vacate the 155-pound title.

With two championship fights and an important bout at lightweight taking place at UFC 274, a lot is on the line. Will there be any last-minute drama before ...

Carla Esparza 2 (115) for the UFC strawweight title Justin Gaethje (155) for the UFC lightweight title - Francisco Trinaldo (170.5) vs. - Rose Namajunas (c) (115) vs. - Randy Brown (170.5) vs. That portion of the event begins at 10 p.m. ET. - Charles Oliveira (c) (155.5)* vs. Justin Gaethje takes place on May 7. Esparza made her pro debut in 2010. At UFC 269 in December, he beat Dustin Poirier via submission to defend the belt. She lost the title against Jessica Andrade, beat Andrade in a rematch, and reclaimed the belt against Zhang Weili in April 2021. Will there be any last-minute drama before fight night on May 7?

SportsLine's Andrew Gombas locked in his UFC 274 best bets for Justin Gaethje vs. Charles Oliveira and the rest of the fight card.

Visit SportsLine now to get detailed top picks on UFC 274, all from the insider who's up more than $10,000 on MMA picks the past two years, and find out. Oliveira is listed as the -140 favorite (risk $140 to win $100) in the latest Oliveira vs. Oliveira (32-8-1) has made a well-documented transformation from borderline journeyman to world champion in the past five years. "I trust Cerrone's cardio much more. But his last performance ended in a first-round stoppage of prospect Jonathan Pearce, who has since won three straight. His last victory came in a dominant five-round main event against Al Iaquinta in May 2019 that he won by unanimous decision. Both fighters are considered legends of MMA who have more than 25 years of combined UFC experience between them. He gets his way most of the time, which is why the former World Series of Fighting champion is on the short list of the UFC's most popular fighters. But the 32-year-old Brazilian has since gone on a tear that has seen him finish nine opponents while winning 10 straight. Kattar dominated to win a unanimous decision and give his followers an easy winner. He started the MMA handicapping service MMA Knockout Bets in 2018 and has shown a profit every year since. Gaethje grew up a couple of hours away in Safford, Ariz., where he was a high school wrestling star before accepting a scholarship to Northern Colorado. The top-ranked lightweight already was one of the most popular fighters on the UFC roster, and now he'll have a massive edge in crowd support as he looks to claim the belt with a win.