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CHESTER PA – Charles Oliveira, the UFC lightweight division star, won his first pari-mutuel race in North America on Sunday at Harrah’s Philadelphia, guiding Ben Solo (Huntsville) to a front-end harness racing victory in 1:51.2, just a tick off the pacer’s lifetime mark despite coming off of a scratch. Oliveria, who got his nickname “Do […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship star Charles Oliveira has driven at MGM Yonkers Raceway twice and has been victorious on both occasions after he posted a 1:57.1 harness racing win with “Bronx Miracle” in the Oliveira v. Tetrick Team Challenge exhibition race on Friday night (May 8). After defeating Tim Tetrick in a match race back in […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira da Silva, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Champion and South American harness racing driver, will make his official United States pari-mutuel driving debut on Tuesday (May 5) in Race 13 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. While this may be his first start in the U.S. where patrons get […]
MMA fans worldwide will have their eyes on Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, when UFC 289 takes place. The harness racing world should also have eyes on the event as Charles Oliveira is looking to reclaim his spot as the number one lightweight contender in the world. Oliveira is the former UFC lightweight champion, but […]
One of the world’s most popular sporting megastars will be the racing ambassador for the world’s richest harness racing event. Former UFC champion Charles Oliveira, who boasts over six million Instagram followers and a serious love for harness racing, has accepted the ambassadorial role for the inaugural $2.1mil TAB Eureka at Club Menangle on September […]
