Charles Oliveira vs. Diego Lopes

UFC 335 · December 12, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena · Main Card

The brief

What kind of fight: BMF champion vs. featherweight standout moving up
Finish likelihood: Medium
The line: Oliveira -192 · Lopes +114DraftKings
The stakes: Lightweight · Title fight · Main event

The read

Oliveira's granite chin and bottomless submission threat make him dangerous everywhere the fight goes, and he has solved bigger, more dangerous strikers than Lopes before.

Lopes brings real knockout power and the frustration of two title-fight losses at 145, but doing it at a new weight against the division's most decorated finisher is a tall first task.

Lean Oliveira by the kind of mid-fight scramble finish that has defined his career.

The matchup

Charles Oliveira

All-Time Submission Threat

BMF champion · UFC's all-time submission leader · Granite chin

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Diego Lopes

Pressure Striker-Grappler

Two-time featherweight title challenger · Heavy hands · Moving up in weight

GrapplingStriking

Oliveira defends the BMF title against a featherweight standout making his full move to 155 pounds, a size and durability test the champion has rarely failed.

Oliveira holds the UFC's all-time submission record and is coming off a dominant decision over Max Holloway that won him the belt, while Lopes arrives off a knockout of Steve Garcia after back-to-back featherweight title losses to Alexander Volkanovski.

The challenger's reach disadvantage shrinks at the new weight, but his own finishing instincts travel with him.

Tale of the tape

37-11	Record	28-8
37	Age	31
5'10"	Height	5'11"
74"	Reach	72.5"
Orthodox	Stance	Orthodox
Brazil	Country	Brazil
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The numbers

Career UFC averages. Red bar = statistical edge.

Charles OliveiraDiego Lopes

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The fighters

Charles Oliveira 37-11

“Do Bronx”

Charles 'Do Bronx' Oliveira is a 37-year-old Brazilian lightweight and the UFC's all-time leader in submission wins, with 22 of his 37 career victories coming by tap-out. He captured the BMF title with a dominant decision over Max Holloway at UFC 326 in March 2026, avenging a first-round knockout loss to Ilia Topuria the previous June, and now makes his first defense against a featherweight standout moving up in weight.

How they win

10 KO/TKO22 SUB5 DEC

Last 3 fights

WMax Holloway · Decision (unanimous)UFC 326 · March 7, 2026
WMateusz Gamrot · Submission (rear-naked choke)UFC Fight Night · October 11, 2025
LIlia Topuria · KO/TKOUFC 317 · June 28, 2025

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Diego Lopes 28-8

Diego Lopes is a 31-year-old Brazilian fighter who twice challenged Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight title and came up short both times, most recently by unanimous decision at UFC 325 in January 2026. He rebounded with a second-round knockout of Steve Garcia in June 2026, and now moves up to lightweight for the biggest fight of his career against BMF champion Charles Oliveira.

How they win

12 KO/TKO12 SUB4 DEC

How they lose

2 KO/TKO0 SUB6 DEC

Last 3 fights

WSteve Garcia · KO/TKO (punches)UFC Freedom 250 · June 14, 2026
LAlexander Volkanovski · Decision (unanimous)UFC 325 · January 31, 2026
WJean Silva · TKO (strikes)Noche UFC · September 13, 2025

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