HOUSTON – Charles Oliveira is the new UFC lightweight champion, but a return to the featherweight division is still on his mind. Oliveira (31-9 MMA, 19-8 UFC) defeated Michael Chandler (22-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) by second-round TKO in Saturday’s UFC 262 headliner to claim the vacant 155-pound title. It was the conclusion of a historically long journey to the top for the Brazilian, who is currently riding a nine-fight winning streak. Some time before that streak began, though, Oliveira had a run at featherweight. It provided mixed results, at best, as well as multiple weight misses

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Despite UFC 262 title win, Charles Oliveira still won’t give up on talk of featherweight return – MMA Junkie

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