Charles Oliveira is the 2025 Forrest Griffin Group Award winner.
Given out yearly as a part of the Worldwide Struggle Week honors, the Forrest Griffin Group Award is personally chosen by UFC CEO Dana White and acknowledges fighters for his or her charitable efforts. Throughout Saturday’s UFC Kansas City occasion, Oliveira was introduced as this 12 months’s recipient for his work with the Charles doBronxs Institute, which gives tons of of native youth with the chance for a greater future by free arts, schooling, diet, and jiu-jitsu.
Oliveira will formally obtain his award on the 2025 UFC Corridor of Fame ceremony in June.
“Charles shouldn’t be solely an important athlete, however he’s additionally a tremendous position mannequin who enjoys giving again to the neighborhood,” White stated of Oliveira. “Charles does an important job of serving to native youth in Sao Paulo by offering them with free schooling and jiu-jitsu coaching at his institute, and he’s straight serving to them create a greater life for themselves within the course of. It’s an honor to current him along with his award.”
The previous UFC light-weight champion may also obtain a $25,000 donation to the charity of his selection, which is offered by the UFC Basis.
Oliveira is ready on his subsequent octagon project as he’s coming off of a dominant choice win over Michael Chandler at UFC 309 in November,
