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 AnnualInternational 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.
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JULY 24: (L-R) Opponents Magomed Ankalaev of Russia and Bogdan Guskov of Uzbekistan face off during the UFC Fight Night ceremonial weigh-in at Etihad Arena on July 24, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)
MMA Fighting has PFL D.C. results for the Jean vs. Rodriguez fight card from CareFirst Arena, Washington, D.C on Saturday night.
In the main event, Thad Jean takes on late-notice replacement Ernesto Rodriguez for the vacant PFL welterweight title. The 2025 PFL welterweight champion, Jean was originally scheduled to face 2024 PFL champion Shamil Musaev in the bout, but Musaev withdrew this week, allowing Rodriguez, who was booked to fight Aaron McKenzie on the undercard, to step in.
A light heavyweight slugfest between Tyson Pedro and Rafael Xavier serves as the co-main event.
The PFL D.C. prelim card kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN+, with the main card following at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Check out the PFL D.C. results below.
Main Card (10 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Thad Jean vs. Ernesto Rodriguez — Vacant welterweight title fight
UFC Abu Dhabi has taken a late just before the event was set to kick off.
Saturday's Fight Night card will go down with only 12 bouts after the cancellation of a main card bout between Islam Dulatov and Wellington Turman, the promotion announced just hours before the start of the event.
According to the promotion, Dulatov was forced off the welterweight bout due to illness. On a statement posted on Dulatov's social media Saturday morning, his team revealed the fighter had to be hospitalized on Friday.
“Last night, Islam was admitted to the hospital due to an infection and spent several hours receiving medical treatment,†the statement read. “Despite every effort to keep the fight on, the decision was made together with the UFC to withdraw him from the bout in the interest of his health and well-being. Right now, the only priority is for Islam to make a full recovery. He will personally address everyone with a statement as soon as he is able.â€
Dulatov's team added that “Islam will use this time to recover completely and will come back stronger than ever.â€
Turman, who was set to make his return to the cage after two and a half years away, sidelined that long due to four shoulder surgeries, said on his social media he wishes Dulatov a quick recovery and hopes for a fast turnaround, re-booking the Dulatov bout or facing a new opponent instead.
The UFC has yet to announce if a fight will be moved to the main card.
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