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Charles Oliveira called Recipient Award 2025

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Las Vegas – UFC announced today that the former lightweight UFC champion, Charles Oliveira, has won the Forrest Griffin Award forrest Griffin. Award in honor of UFC Hall of Famer Forrest Griffin, the award recognizes the UFC athlete as a unique volunteer work and charity as well as a significant impact of their efforts on the community.

The Forrest Griffin Community Award is awarded annually as part of the UFC President’s Election category, because the prize winner is personally elected by the President and General Director of UFC Dana White. UFC Honors is an annual program of the company’s UFC athletes, unique performances and special moments throughout the year.

As a winner of the Forrest Griffin Award Award Forrest Griffin, Oliveira will receive a donation of $ 25,000 for his chosen charity organization. All donations are courtesy of the UFC Foundation.

Oliveira will be honored for this award during 2025 UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony as part 13th Annual International UFC Fight WeekUMBRELLA. The event will take place Thursday, June 26 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live, only on UFC Fight Pass®.

“Charles is not only a great athlete, but also an amazing role model who likes to give away communities,” said Dana White, president and general director of the UFC. “Charles does a great job, helping local youth in Sao Paulo, providing them with free education and training of Jiu-Jitsu at their institute, and directly helps them in creating a better life for themselves. It is the honor to give him a reward.”

Founded in 2012 as a social project at the Gold Team Gym Charles Oliveira in the Vicente de Carvalho district in Guarujá (São Paulo), Charles to the Bronxs Institute (Icbronxs) provides hundreds of local youth, the possibility of a better future thanks to free art, education, nutrition and jiu-jitsu.

The creation of an institute is full of Oliveira’s childhood wheels, because a similar social project introduced it to the Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of 12. This project provided Oliveir with a secure space for training and protecting his education, which helped him become the champion of Jiu-Jitsu practicing two months after his first lesson.

Oliveira’s social project was recognized as an institute in 2022 and officially opened a fresh space dedicated entirely to the training of local youth in the non -dissected in Sao Paulo in 2023.

Since its inception in 2012, over 150 students have trained and completed Oliveira programs, and many students have achieved their dreams through MMA, jiu-jitsu, sign language classes and various social initiatives.

In addition to Brazil, Oliveira still reflects local communities around the world, teaching Jiu-Jitsu and talks to unpredictable youth in cooperation with other MMA athletes and in cooperation with UFC youth mentoring programs.

Currently not. The 2-year claimant in a airy division, Oliveira is a veteran of 46 fights and has recorded the 35-10-1 (23-10-1 UFC) record since his professional debut in 2008. The vicious Brazilian champion of Jiu-Jitsu, Oliveira, won more than 15 medals and became a two-time world champion of Jiu-Jitsu to MMA. To learn more, visit Charlesdobronxinstity.

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Dana White calls out Islam Makhachev over UFC activity: ‘It backs up the division’

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Dana White calls out Islam Makhachev over UFC activity: ‘It backs up the division’
Dana White has slammed Islam
Makhachev’s activity.

After defending his title against Ian Garry in
August, Makhachev called for another title defense before Ramadan
2027. The Dagestani even singled out Carlos
Prates as his next challenger. According to the
Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO, the matchup was verbally
agreed for UFC
336 on Jan. 30, 2027, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto before
Makhachev changed his mind.

Dana White claims Islam Makhachev vs. Carlos Prates was
‘verbally agreed'

While White doesn't expect Makhachev to fight three times a year at
this stage in his career, he would like him to fight at least twice
a year.

“That was verbally agreed to… I like when guys fight a lot,†White
said during a media scrum captured by TheMacLife. “Being a
champion, I don’t really expect you to fight three times a year.
But twice would be nice. It backs up the division; there are many
guys who would like a shot at the title.â€

Makhachev (29-1) hasn't fought more than twice a year since 2022.
Prates (24-7) and unbeaten welterweight contender Michael
Morales (19-0) are now set to contest interim gold at UFC 336,
with the winner set to fight Makhachev after Ramadan.

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Dan Hooker calls Brian Ortega old while explaining quick UFC return

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Dan Hooker calls Brian Ortega 'old' while explaining quick UFC return
Dan
Hooker was frustrated after his last defeat.

The New Zealander faced
Ultimate Fighting Championship debutant Salahdine
Parnasse in the main event of
UFC Paris this past September and lost via technical knockout
at 2:35 of the first round. Hooker is looking to make a quick
turnaround and is now scheduled to fight Brian
Ortega at
UFC Qatar on Nov. 21. “The Hangman†recently opened up about
why he's returning to action just 77 days after his last bout.

Dan Hooker says frustration after his Salahdine Parnasse loss
prompted him to accept Brian Ortega at UFC Qatar

Hooker said he was frustrated he couldn’t show his improvements
after a hard training camp for the Parnasse fight. He claims he
would've taken more time in between fights if he had gone to war
with the Frenchman for five rounds. While Hooker went down with the
body kick from Parnasse in the opening frame, he didn't suffer any
serious injuries, hence the short turnaround.

“When you just get out there and don’t really get to show anything,
that’s frustrating,†Hooker told Ariel Helwani. “I put in a really
hard training camp, made some pretty big improvements in my
consistency and training, and I just didn’t get to show it… Then I
saw Nolan was matched with Moicano, so I called my manager Ash and
said, ‘F*ck, surely I can beat Brian Ortega.' I was like, ‘F*ck,
he’s old as well. Surely, I can beat Brian Ortega.' The UFC liked
that fight, so I got it.â€

While Hooker (24-15) is on a three-fight skid, Ortega (16-5, 1 NC)
has lost four of his last five bouts.

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Two-time UFC champion ready to end slump after camp change: ‘Best I’ve felt in a very long time’

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Two-time UFC champion ready to end slump after camp change: ‘Best I’ve felt in a very long time’

Israel Adesanya feels he's made the best move to get back on the winning track.

It's been over three years since Adesanya last had his hand raised inside the octagon, when he recaptured the UFC middleweight title with a stunning knockout over longtime rival Alex Pereira. Unfortunately for Adesanya, his second championship reign ended without a successful defense as he was upset by Sean Strickland, and then went on to be finished in his next three fights against Dricus du Plessis, Nassourdine Imavov, and Joe Pyfer.

Something had to give, so Adesanya made the decision in July to part ways with the City Kickboxing team in New Zealand, the gym he called home since 2009. Now with a smaller team built specifically for him, Adesanya is booming with confidence ahead of his next fight, rumored to be a meeting with Shara Bullet at UFC Saudi Arabia on Dec. 5.

“Training camp's been awesome,†Adesanya said in a training camp vlog. “This is like a cliché, I guess that everyone says, ‘The best training camp I've ever had,' but I can truly say with my departure from my old gym, CKB, and now building the team that I have and training specifically for me, this is the best I've felt in a very long time. For real.

“I think this is the best training camp—this is the most fun training camp I've had in the last—when was Pereira in New York? 2022? ‘23? This is the most fun training camp I've had in years. That's going to show on fight night. I've been in fight week shape for weeks, my regular fight week shape. I look forward to how I'll look on fight week this time. Holy shit.â€

Adesanya emphasized that his current team is built to focus on his preparation, as opposed to a larger gym like City Kickboxing, which has housed numerous high-level fighters including UFC champions Alexander Volkanovski and Carlos Ulberg, former champion Robert Whittaker, and veteran contenders Dan Hooker and Kai Kara-France.

When Adesanya first announced the split, he called it “bittersweet,†though he didn't elaborate on why he made the change. In his latest vlog, he again hinted at an explanation without explicitly stating a reason.

“I've been doing a lot of thinking,†Adesanya said. “Like, I could have been a better teammate because I could have made better bonds at CKB with certain people who I've trained with for years, and I did make some close bonds, but I feel like I could have been a better teammate in certain aspects. Even though I was a great teammate and I did for a lot for a lot of people, I was there for a lot of people, but I just felt like, you can always do more.

“When I sit back and look at it, I'm like, I hid behind them sometimes and just let the idiot take over. But that's me being self-aware now. I can't say the same for other people, if they can be self-aware and be like, ‘Yep, I f*cked up as a coach' or ‘I f*cked up here, here, here.' … Look in the f*cking mirror and just know what you did and be better. I'm being better now. I have nothing to hide; let's go. I'm glad that I'm here and I can just f*cking own my shit and know I'm going to be better now from all the lessons I learned. All the f*ck-shit I did, all the great shit I did, too. Don't let them ever tell you otherwise or let them tell you, ‘He got too big for his boots.' F*ck off. I know who I am and I'll never let anyone tell me otherwise.â€

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