Just a month away from his UFC 300 bout against Arman Tsarukyan, Charles Oliveira has been spotted with a brutal cut over his left eye. It seems like Oliveira has got stitches on the bruise. The injury has reminded fans about Oliveira’s reason for backing out from his UFC 294 fight against Islam Makhachev. Do Bronx suffered from a brutal cut over his right eye at the time.
How does he have a BIG cut again???
Come on man like what kind of training/sparring are they doing over there at @chuteboxeacad ??? pic.twitter.com/9lMxxPHNwx
— Alek (@Alek4209) March 11, 2024
After doing a thorough check of Oliveira’s Instagram account, it was found that he had no injury over his left eye until a few days ago. On an Instagram post where he was promoting a tech company over four days ago, Oliveira was spotted with the cut. The cut looks serious and it has come up out of nowhere.
Fans were left worried for Charles Oliveira after a mysterious cut was spotted over his left eye
Fans were left worried for the Brazilian fighter. One fan account on X blamed Oliveria’s gym Chute Box Academy. They wrote, “How does he have a BIG cut again??? Come on man like what kind of training/sparring are they doing over there at @chuteboxeacad ???”
Another fan wrote, “Going to at least affect his preparation pretty majorly and could possibly open up mid fight again.” Several fans were worried that this would cause trouble in the UFC 300 fight. One fan wrote, “That’s in a stop the fight kind of spot too.” Another wrote, “This isn’t good for the Arman fight… one perfect punch or strike from Arman in an area of a cut and the fight could get ended..”
On the other hand, one fan explained what could be the issue. They wrote, “Because that spot is over a bone and once it gets cut the scar tissue is much easier to re-cut. Has happened to me many times.”
Oliveira has not made any comments about the injury, yet. Hopefully, it is not as serious as it was last time out and he had to pull out of his fight.
Charles Oliveira pulled out of a title fight against Islam Makhachev because of a similar injury
At UFC 280, Islam Makhachev defeated Charles Oliveira by unanimous decision to earn the UFC Lightweight Championship. The Russian defended his title for the first time at UFC 284 against Alexander Volkanovsi and defeated him via unanimous decision. Makhachev was set to defend his title again against Oliveira at UFC 294 but Oliveira pulled out due to injury.
Charles Oliveira shows off his injury and announces his withdrawal from UFC 294 pic.twitter.com/MVpET32PvS
— calfkicker (@calfkickercom) October 13, 2023
Oliveira suffered a deep gash over his right eye that rendered him unable to compete. He revealed later that he suffered the injury after a head clash against a training partner at his gym. Chute Box Academy in Brazil is known for hard sparring which is why many fans called out the gym as well after Oliveira’s latest injury surfaced.
After Oliveira pulled out of UFC 294, Makhachev fought Volkanovski again. The Dagestani fighter knocked out the Aussie via a head kick to defend the title again.
It’s all coming together for #UFC300 🙌@CharlesDoBronxs vs @ArmanUFC pic.twitter.com/RRIyaV8txf
— UFC (@ufc) January 9, 2024
For Oliveira, he is a month away from facing Tsarukyan in a #1 contender match. The fight will take place at UFC 300 on April 13, 2024, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.