CHARLES OLIVEIRA broke his silence after he was stripped of the lightweight title because he failed to gain weight for the UFC 274 fight with Justin Gaethje.
Friday night saw the Brazilian become the first to lose their title on the scales.
Justin Gaethje is the only person who can win the lightweight title
Do Bronx missed twice the limit for lightweight title fights at 155lbs. He was half a pound heavier in each of his visits to the scales. However, he insists that the UFC's scales he weighed in on Saturday night proved otherwise.
TSN asked him: "What's the matter? I gained weight.
"It's obvious to everyone that I gained weight on Thursday night. I weighed in at 205 pounds.
It's amazing what happened. It happened to me, but it also happened to other people, fighters.
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Oliveira claims that several fighters were informed by the Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission that the UFC's scales had been incorrect, but the information was not relayed.
He stated that he weighed in on UFC's scales. It was the UFC scale.
"Then, all of a sudden, we go back to the original, and nothing happened. It was just a kilogram more.
"So how did that happen?" This commission discussed the scales. They talked to other fighters, but not to us.
"How is that possible?" "Why is that still an issue?"
"It was the exact same scale as before, and the commission spoke to everyone else and it happened other fighters but we weren’t informed."
Gaethje, the former interim lightweight champion, was not concerned about his weight. He weighed in at 155lbs.
Oliveira has failed to reach championship weight, so he will not be able to win the lightweight title this weekend.
The slick submission artist still considers himself the champion and says: "Nothing has changed.
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"The champion's name is Charles Oliveira.
"It's there [translator points to his heart] and it is here [translator point his head].
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