Brazil’s contribution to MMA is gigantic to say the least. Some of the Brazilian fighters like Anderson Silva and Jose Aldo are arguably the GOATs of the sport. Charles Oliveira and Alex Pereira are big superstars worldwide. However, football (Soccer in the USA) is Brazilian’s first love. As such, football superstar Neymar is the most famous and richest athlete.
Neymar supports thousands of underprivileged youth through his annual charity auction, Instituto Projeto Neymar. Interestingly, the ‘Charles Oliveira Experience‘ was available at the auction, for a modest price. Surprisingly, Russian businessman Roman Shpigel won the bid for the experience for a whopping $95K, just short of six figures.
As part of the experience, Shpigel will be part of the training camp for Oliveira’s next fight at Chute Boxe Diego Lima in Sao Paulo. He will watch the former lightweight champion cut weight and be part of Team Oliveira after the weigh-ins of his next fight. Moreover, he will also get two tickets for the event where Oliveira fights next. The deal is irrespective of the location.
Sounds like a Russian spy.
— $lade (@sladeneverdies) June 4, 2024
Nonetheless, the charity of Neymar was a success as it generated $5.1 million. Neymar had already donated a similar amount for the Rio Grande do Sul floods where UFC middleweight Michel Pereira was part of rescue operations.
Netizens react to $95K bid for ‘Charles Oliveira Experience’ at Neymar’s charity auction
Most of the athletes from Brazil are from underprivileged backgrounds. Many of them have lived in the favelas in poverty. As such, when they have achieved fame and money, they never have second thoughts about the upliftment of their community. Neymar’s annual charity auction is one such endeavor.
Charles Oliveira Experience sold for $95K (Image via: IMAGO, Instagram)The auction was a tremendous success but what caught the eye of the MMA fans was a certain ‘Charles Oliveira Experience’ sold for just $5k short of six figures. See how fight fans reacted to the $95k winning auction below.
Better bleach the hair too 💯🫡
— Cameron 🇺🇸💥 (@BackPackCamX) June 4, 2024
Pretty suspicious that the fan is a Russian businessman
— JF (@youngtaco_) June 4, 2024
training sure, but paying to watch someone cut weight is freaky lol
— Reply Ry (@ref513) June 4, 2024
Is it worth Simone from another camp to spend 100k to get the deets probably not right? Probs didn’t happen but still
— Twhyla_makhachev (@Twhylamakhachev) June 4, 2024
Great, another person who thinks they can predict what’s gonna happen in a fight just by watching Oliveira train. I’ll believe it when I see it.
— Benjamin Lockheart (@BlockHeartBen) June 4, 2024
Could have had his own fight camp.
— Duka Loncic (@DukaLoncic10) June 5, 2024
He’s gonna have dinner with Charles as well
— Lucas Drumond (@LucSDrumond) June 4, 2024
If you put both mouths together you get a real smile.
— Matthew4K (@iM4TT4K) June 5, 2024
Dinner and 2 ufc tickets Also included
— Jonathan Kevin (@Jonatha08893147) June 5, 2024
If he had directly given Charles 100K,
Charles would have let him follow him for 2 fights— Abishek Khatri (@AbishekKhatri22) June 4, 2024
Oliveira’s recent fight was against Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 300, which he lost via split decision. Oliveira has angled for a matchup with Conor McGregor recently. Colby Covington had called out Oliveira too. Nonetheless, Oliveira’s next appearance will likely be on a PPV main card, as has been the case since he fought Tony Ferguson at UFC 256.
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