{"id":37101,"date":"2026-03-07T23:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Charles-Oliveira-swamps-Max-Holloway-captures-BMF-title-in-UFC-326-headliner-200362"},"modified":"2026-03-07T23:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:57:12","slug":"charles-oliveira-swamps-max-holloway-captures-bmf-title-in-ufc-326-headliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/charles-oliveira-swamps-max-holloway-captures-bmf-title-in-ufc-326-headliner\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Oliveira swamps Max Holloway, captures BMF title in UFC 326 headliner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Charles
\nOliveira<\/a> eliminated all drama from a long-awaited rematch that
\nhad the buying public brimming with anticipation.<\/p>\n

The Chute Boxe superstar flashed his superiority in all phases,
\nseized the symbolic BMF title and raised his
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> profile to new heights with a
\none-sided unanimous decision over Max
\nHolloway<\/a> in the
\nUFC 326<\/a> main event on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
\nAll three judges scored it 50-45 for Oliveira (37-11, 25-11 UFC),
\nwho avenged his 2015 loss to the former featherweight champion and
\nfuture hall of famer.<\/p>\n

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Holloway (27-9, 23-9 UFC) had no answers for the Brazilian
\ngrappling savant. Oliveira attacked with leg kicks and powerful
\nright hands in standup exchanges but separated himself through
\ntakedowns, suffocating control and a relentless submission game. He
\nstruck for takedowns in all five rounds, advanced to Holloway\u2019s
\nback on several occasions and alternated between rear-naked chokes,
\nface cranks and neck cranks, feeding him an unhealthy dose of
\nelbows along the way. His game plan and execution were flawless.
\nAll Holloway could do was survive, and he somehow managed to do so
\nfor five rounds.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Fighting Nerds linchpin Caio
\nBorralho<\/a> rode superior speed and athleticism to a unanimous
\ndecision over former two-division ONE Championship titleholder
\nReinier
\nde Ridder<\/a> in their three-round middleweight co-headliner.
\nBorralho (18-2, 8-1 UFC) swept the scorecards with matching 30-27
\nmarks from the assigned judiciary.<\/p>\n

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De Ridder (21-4, 4-2 UFC) put up serious resistance\u2014his awkward
\npower punches troubled the Brazilian in spurts\u2014but failed to
\nsustain meaningful offense. Borralho battered his legs with kicks,
\nconnected with thudding left hands over the top and surprised the
\nDutch grappler with a takedown in the third round. He briefly
\nclimbed to full mount, then transitioned to side control before the
\ntwo men returned to their feet. There, Borralho once again zeroed
\nin on his counterpart\u2019s lower extremities with kicks.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Borralho has won 15 of his last 16 fights.<\/p>\n

Further down the main card, MMA Lab standout Raul Rosas
\nJr.<\/a> passed his most significant test to date with a unanimous
\ndecision over ex-CES MMA champion Rob Font<\/a> in
\ntheir three-round bantamweight showcase. All three cageside judges
\nturned in 30-27 scorecards for Rosas Jr. (12-1, 6-1 UFC).<\/p>\n

Font (22-10, 12-9 UFC) could not stay upright. Rosas Jr. executed
\nrepeated takedowns, paired them with positional advances and racked
\nup copious amounts of control time. He failed to exact much damage
\nbut kept himself out of harm\u2019s way against the Massachusetts
\nnative. Font\u2019s frustrations grew over time. Rosas Jr. never strayed
\nfrom his approach and at times seemed to be on autopilot against
\none of the bantamweight division\u2019s most respected veterans.<\/p>\n

Rosas Jr., 21, has recorded five straight victories.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Elevation Fight Team mainstay Drew Dober<\/a>
\nswept aside \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter\u201d Season 12 finalist Michael
\nJohnson<\/a> with punches in the second round of their lightweight
\nfeature.
\nDober (29-15, 15-11 UFC) drew the curtain 1:53 into Round
\n2<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Johnson (24-20, 16-16 UFC) led the dance with a persistent jab,
\nsharp low kicks and lightning-fast one-twos across the first five
\nminutes. Dober made adjustments between rounds, upped his output
\nand blasted the Kill Cliff Fight Club product with a vicious
\nstraight left. Johnson collapsed backward semi-conscious and
\nsupine, then ate one another standing-to-ground left from the
\nOmaha, Nebraska, native before referee Kerry Hatley could arrive to
\nrescue him.<\/p>\n

The loss was Johnson\u2019s first since May 20, 2023 and brought an end
\nto his three-fight winning streak.<\/p>\n

Finally, former Legacy Fighting Alliance champion Gregory
\nRodrigues<\/a> punched out Brunno
\nFerreira<\/a> in the first round of their middleweight rematch and
\nevened his head-to-head series with his Brazilian compatriot. A
\nreplacement for Paulo
\nCosta<\/a>, Rodrigues (19-6, 10-3 UFC) closed it out 1:47 into Round
\n1.<\/p>\n

Ferreira (15-3, 6-3 UFC)\u2014who knocked out \u201cRobocop\u201d in their first
\nmeeting a little more than three years ago\u2014stepped forward behind a
\nfew right hands and a leg kick.
\nRodrigues met him in the pocket and unleashed a hellacious right
\nhook that stopped the Brazilian TKO rep in his tracks. No follow-up
\nshots were necessary<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rodrigues, 34, has won three fights in a row.<\/p>\n

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\nUFC 326 Prelims: Rodolfo Bellato, Alberto Montes Score Finishes on
\nDecision-Heavy Undercard<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles Oliveira eliminated all drama from a long-awaited rematch that had the buying public brimming with anticipation. The Chute Boxe superstar flashed his superiority in all phases, seized the symbolic BMF title and raised his Ultimate Fighting Championship profile to new heights with a one-sided unanimous decision over Max Holloway in the UFC 326 main […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}