Charles Oliveira blames missing weight on viral infection

Charles Oliveira didn’t get close to the 146-pound limit for his upcoming featherweight bout against Nik Lentz at Friday’s UFC Fight Night 50, and he blames a last-minute disease for missing weight.

Oliveira weighed 150 pounds for tomorrow’s rematch against Lentz at the Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Ledyard, CT, while Lentz hit the mark at 146 pounds. As a result, Oliveira now forfeits 20 percent of his purse to Lentz.

“I was sick for the past weeks in Brazil, and I was pretty bad when I got to the United States,” Oliveira told MMAFighting.com after the weigh-ins. “I couldn’t cut weight, and I’m not feeling well to cut weight, so that’s why I missed weight. I had high fever, headache. I think it was a viral infection. But I was the one who asked for this fight, so I couldn’t withdraw.”

This is the second time Oliveira failed to make weight for a featherweight bout. In Sept. 2012, the Brazilian grappler weighed 146.4 pounds prior to his bout with Cub Swanson, which he lost via first-round knockout.

“I don’t know, let’s wait until tomorrow,” he said when asked if the bad weight cut would be an issue during tomorrow’s UFC fight. “We’ll see.”

Charles Oliveira didn’t get close to the 146-pound limit for his upcoming featherweight bout against Nik Lentz at Friday’s UFC Fight Night 50, and he blames a last-minute disease for missing weight.

Oliveira weighed 150 pounds for tomorrow’s rematch against Lentz at the Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Ledyard, CT, while Lentz hit the mark at 146 pounds. As a result, Oliveira now forfeits 20 percent of his purse to Lentz.

“I was sick for the past weeks in Brazil, and I was pretty bad when I got to the United States,” Oliveira told MMAFighting.com after the weigh-ins. “I couldn’t cut weight, and I’m not feeling well to cut weight, so that’s why I missed weight. I had high fever, headache. I think it was a viral infection. But I was the one who asked for this fight, so I couldn’t withdraw.”

This is the second time Oliveira failed to make weight for a featherweight bout. In Sept. 2012, the Brazilian grappler weighed 146.4 pounds prior to his bout with Cub Swanson, which he lost via first-round knockout.

“I don’t know, let’s wait until tomorrow,” he said when asked if the bad weight cut would be an issue during tomorrow’s UFC fight. “We’ll see.”