UFC 326 Results: Charles Oliveira dominates Max Holloway (Highlights)

By Chris Taylor - March 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM PST // 0 Comments

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 326 results, including the BMF tilte fight between Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira.

Holloway (27-9) and Oliveira (37-11) originally collided at featherweight back in August of 2015, with ‘Blessed’ emerging victorious after the Brazilian suffered a neck injury.

This time around the bout will be contested at lightweight, with Holloway’s BMF title up for grabs.

Max Holloway will be returning to the Octagon for the first time since defeating Dustin Poirier this past July at UFC 318. Prior to that triumph, ‘Blessed’ was coming off a knockout loss to Ilia Topuria in October of 2024 (see that here).

Meanwhile, Charles Oliveira was most previously seen in action this past October, where he scored a second-round submission victory over Mateusz Gamrot (see that here). That win was of course preceded by a knockout loss to the aforementioned Ilia Topuria at UFC 317.

Round one of the UFC 326 main event begins and Oliveira opens with a pair of hard low kicks. Max Holloway with a nice jab. ‘Do Bronx’ comes flying in with a flurry. He forces the clinch and trips ‘Blessed’ down to the ground. Oliveira moves to side control. He lands a pair of hard elbows. He locks in an arm. Max scrambles but gives up his back. Charles Oliveira locks in a rear-naked choke. It’s only on the chin. Oliveira is slowly trying to secure this. He still has two minutes to work. Big elbows from Charles while maintaining back control. More elbows. One minute remains. Oliveira with a neck crank. Max breaks free from the choke. He gives a thumbs up. Crowd responds. We go to round two.

Round two of the UFC 326 main event begins and Charles Oliveira lands a nice front kick to the body. Max Holloway with a jab in return. ‘Do Bronx’ forces the clinch and drags Holloway back down to the floor. WOW! Oliveira locks in another choke. This one is deep. He gives up on it and lands a pair of hard elbows. ‘Do Bronx’ locks in a body triangle. Massive elbows from Oliveira. The third one stuns Holloway. Another deep choke attempt fails to put Holloway away. ‘Do Bronx’ continues to chip away with some punches, but he must be wondering what it is going to take to put Max away. The horn sounds to end round two.

The third round begins and Charles Oliveira opens with two nice kicks to the body. Max Holloway replies with a right hand. Charles forces the clinch. This time Max stays on his feet. ‘Do Bronx’ continue to pin Holloway against the cage. He eventually gets him back down and takes full mount. He lands a huge slicing elbow. ‘Blessed’ gets back to half guard position. Oliveira with some hammer fists. Now a big elbow. Under one minute remains. Another elbow from Charles Oliveira. The horn sounds to end round three.

Round four of the UFC 326 main event begins and Charles Oliveira lands a pair of good kicks to open the round. Holloway with a nice punch. ‘Do Bronx’ answers with one of his own. Charles forces the clinch and pushes Holloway against the cage. He looks for a trip takedown and eventually gets it. Oliveira with a big knee to the body of the Hawaiian. And another. Max looks like he’s getting tired now. Charles is just big brothering him on the canvas. Oliveira with an elbow and then a knee. He is just smothering him. He postures up and lands a pair of big elbows. Max scrambles but gives up his back. Charles Oliveira with some heel shots, ala BJ Penn. ‘Do Bronx’ locks up another body triangle. The horn sounds to end round four.

The fifth and final round begins and Charles Oliveira lands a pair of good shots. Max Holloway answers with a right hand. He gets in on a takedown and takes ‘Do Bronx’ to the floor. Charles is looking for a leg. He’s using the threat to slowly escape out the back. He eventually does and stands up. He immediately proceeds to take the fight back to the floor. More smothering dominance from the former UFC Lightweight Champion. The crowd is not overly thrilled but this has been a mauling. Max Holloway gets back to his feet. 10 seconds remain. They both point to the ground. Big shots by both. The end.

Official UFC 326 Results: Charles Oliveira def. Max Holloway by unanimous decision (50-45 x3)

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