On this day in 2015, Charles Oliveira finally got better from an opponent he met for the first time a few years earlier.
'Do Bronx' has had a remarkable UFC career that debuted in the promotion in the promotion in 2010.
The Elite Finisher is no stranger to large fights, with Oliveira that Ilia Topuria encounters for the empty lightweight title in the main event of UFC 317.
Before the Brazilian settled as one of the best in the world at 155 pounds, he went through various career, who meant fans wondering whether he would ever reach the top of the sport.
Although his best days were still in the distance, Oliveira was able to turn a corner on 30 May when he got the chance to arrange some unfinished things.
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Charles Oliveira submitted Nik Lentz in 2015 to correct the mistakes of their first fight
On UFC Fight Night 67 in Goiânia, Brazil, the Co-Main event contained a featherweight Rematch between Charles Oliveira and Nik Lentz.
The couple met for the first time four years earlier, where the first result 'Do Bronx' had guaranteed another entry victory to bounce back from his first defeat in the Octagon.
Unfortunately for the Brazilian, the outcome was changed to a NO match because of an illegal knee that came before the entry, leaving Oliveira and Lentz a score.
They met again in 2015, where Oliveira won on 30 May on a win of three fights.
The first two rounds produced a back and forth at which both men were successful in the striking series and on the ground.
At the start of the third, Lentz tried to keep giving a pace on Oliveira, but his opponent had an answer for him after he threatened with a guillotine choke in the clinch.
'Do Bronx' jumped for the entry and got it, earned himself an extra $ 100,000 after a fight and execution of the night bonus.
Oliveira's featherweight wintreak would come to an end in his next fight after he sustained an injury in the first round of his collision with Max Holloway.
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Charles Oliveira and Nik Lentz met again in one of the most forgotten trilogies of the UFC
The history between Charles Oliveira and Nik Lentz did not end in 2015 after the Brazilian got his hand without any controversy.
They met again four years later where this time 'Do Bronx' built an impressive winning series in the lightweight division.
Even Lentz had admitted in an interview with MMA that he believed that their Rematch would be the last time that they would cross paths within the Octagon.
“Many people don't understand the fight, and I don't understand the matchmaking so well myself, but after the fight happens, many people will understand that it was a great fight to make. I'm going to get it.”
Oliveira stopped Lentz in the second round after he had dropped him with a sharp right hand and continued his line that would eventually become the UFC light weight champion.