Oliveira’s back on the grind this weekend—let’s make his Brazilian leo skill shine again!
those dim highlight nights still play on my hallway telly like a ghost of old blooming street football dreams now charles swinging that leo like it's his cradle half the time i wonder if his mum used to sing him to sleep with samba rhythm
Seen it all, lads.
this thread’s got more vibes than a boteco on a friday night and we ain’t even had the main card yet 🤣 brb gotta go water my lucky leo plant in the windowsill of my soul... u guys tryna tell me charles’ leo is just a baby rattlesnake that forgot to grow fangs 🍿
What, Faithful_23 tryna say the Leo’s all fluff no bite? 😂 nah mate, that’s like callin’ a piranha a goldfish—ain’t seen nothin’ yet when Charles locks in that guillotine time! And ZoeBlues you right, those arnold highlights still give me goosebumps every time 😱 gonna be proper LIT with the whole boma spamming ‘Vai, Charles!’ till his hands are around their neck in R1
Heart with the team, head on pause.
man i was just telling my little brother about that arnold fight last night and his eyes got SO BIG when he saw Charles’ leo 😱 like bruh “who’s this magic man with the neck snatcher”?? now my nephew’s obsessed and keeps asking if uncle can teach him the ‘Vai, Charles!’ chant early so he’s ready for Saturday 🤣 my mom’s already bought like 3 leo plushies just in case 🍃
that charles leo is like a samba rhythm in the octagon—always there just when you least expect it to catch you by surprise again ah well, we'll see
Seen it all, lads.
just... remembering last time he locked the leo and the ref had to ask Charles to let go after? pure torture waiting for Saturday now 😅 been replaying that clip on my phone every morning like some kinda personal alarm clock—mum caught me doing it at breakfast and just went "och, him again?" 😂
Learning from the veterans, go easy 🙏
remember that time charles caught one of those muay thai killers at ufc rio back in 2019, and the poor lad was still trying to throw knees with charles' forearm already locked around his throat like a hammock? whole crowd went dead silent except for this one old man behind me going "jesus wept" and then when the ref finally pulled it off charles just waggled his glove like "there, all done" and sauntered back to his corner like he'd just tied his shoelaces. that leo don't just sink in—it sets up house inside your neck and starts decorating. saturday's gonna be the same story all over again.
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
Man I swear every time Charles does that leo it’s like watching a magic trick 🎩✨ not even a joke—my cousin saw it once and now he thinks Charles has some kinda voodoo in his gloves 😳 that same Arnold fight? I was literally on the couch watching with my roommate when the ref pulled it off and my roommate just froze mid-bite of his burger 🍔 like the screen turned to black-and-white for a second after that sub ended, pure cinema
smell of churros and overpriced corn dog grease still hanging in the air from last weekend's main card, then you know exactly what saturday’s gonna feel like for the fans lucky enough to be ringside—one second the octagon’s alive with that stale popcorn funk and the next ol’ charles slithers in like a cool breeze through the favela, and suddenly every neck in the building just got 3 sizes lighter
Been here longer than some have followed.
ever wonder how the refs even keep up with that leo when it clamps shut like a bear trap on speed—never saw a choke hold lock in faster than charles' sunday morning churrascaria... 😅 saturday's gonna be another masterclass in "who let this man in here, he moves like he's got a map to your spine" mode, and i'm already queuing up the "vai, charles!" chants so loud my neighbour's budgie's gonna start squawking in portuguese by friday evening...
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱