Even if UFC and local commission officials hadn’t learn how ill he was, Charles Oliveira said he was in no shape to fight this past Friday at UFC Fight Night 50. Just hours before the event, which aired on FOX Sports 1 from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn., the UFC announced Oliveira (18-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) had been forced out of a planned rematch with featherweight Nik Lentz (25-6-2 MMA, 9-3-1 UFC). “I am very sad about everything that happened this week,” Oliveira told MMAjunkie on Saturday evening. “But I know that I’ll come back stronger. I felt ill and was unable to make the weight or fight. I started feeling sick in Brazil
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UFC’s Charles Oliveira discusses botched weight cut, confirms he wasn’t paid – MMA Junkie