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Charles Oliveira

1989 - Today

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Charles Oliveira da Silva (born October 17, 1989) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and fourth degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. Oliveira currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Lightweight Champion. As of July 1, 2025, he is #3 in the UFC lightweight rankings and #15 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. Oliveira started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu in his youth, achieving multiple championship titles before transitioning to MMA in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Oliveira is the 65th most popular martial arts (down from 64th in 2019), the 783rd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 797th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Brazilian Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Charles Oliveira ranks 65 out of 179. Before him are Israel Adesanya, Justin Gaethje, Alistair Overeem, Eric Esch, Kevin Randleman, and Bas Rutten. After him are Jiří Procházka, Daniel Cormier, Valentina Shevchenko, Wanderlei Silva, Kazuhiro Ninomiya, and Dustin Poirier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Charles Oliveira ranks 102. Before him are Eduardo Vargas, Kim Woo-bin, Anna Polina, Hayden Panettiere, Theo Walcott, and Bianca Belair. After him are Dominika Cibulková, Marcel Hirscher, Yuki Abe, Riley Keough, Pierre Niney, and Matthew Lewis.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Charles Oliveira ranks 783 out of 2,236. Before him are Leandro Domingues (1983), Lucas Paquetá (1997), Deili Custodio da Silva (1980), Marcos Pontes (1963), Adriana Esteves (1969), and Dudu Cearense (1983). After him are Carlinhos Júnior (1994), Osmar Donizete Cândido (1968), Vik Muniz (1961), Ricardo Rosset (1968), Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1916), and René Simões (1952).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Brazil

Among martial arts born in Brazil, Charles Oliveira ranks 9. Before him are Anderson Silva (1975), Rickson Gracie (1959), Royce Gracie (1966), Fabrício Werdum (1977), Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (1976), and Lyoto Machida (1978). After him are Wanderlei Silva (1976), José Aldo (1986), Vitor Belfort (1977), Cris Cyborg (1985), Amanda Nunes (1988), and Maurício Rua (1981).

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