Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira Set for UFC 326 Showdown

A light-weight BMF title battle between Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira will headline UFC 326 on March 7 at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas, the promotion introduced Friday.

Holloway (27-8) received the BMF title in a last-second knockout of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 in April 2024 after which grew to become the primary BMF champion to efficiently defend the belt by defeating Dustin Poirier in July. The 155-pound matchup might have vital title implications, as Oliveira and Holloway are the ranked Nos. 2 and three within the division, respectively.

It is also a rematch of a wierd bout in 2015, when Holloway and Oliveira had been competing within the featherweight division. Holloway defeated Oliveira through TKO within the first spherical when Oliveira stated he suffered a freak neck harm.

“We now have some unfinished enterprise from 11 years in the past,” Holloway stated. “Now, we get to go on the market and determine it out. [After that], I need to get an undisputed title.”

The UFC’s light-weight division is in a novel spot, as defending champion Ilia Topuria has stated he’ll take day without work at first of 2026 for private causes. The UFC has introduced an interim title battle between Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett in consequence, which headlines UFC 324 on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas.