Charles Oliveira Reveals ‘Headaches’ Caused by Dustin Poirier’s Donation Offer

After their fight, @DustinPoirier pledges $20K to a charity of @CharlesDoBronxs’ choice #UFC269 pic.twitter.com/hcj8Cu1lTj

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) December 12, 2021

The concept of an “Octagon donation” after a fight doesn’t seem so great in hindsight.

First, there was a public dispute between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor after the latter promised to donate money to Poirier’s charity, The Good Fight Foundation, following their second fight at UFC 257. Now, it’s Poirier who is promising to deliver a donation of $20,000 to a cause of Oliveira’s choosing in his hometown following their lightweight title fight at UFC 269 on Dec. 12.

Poirier made his offer in the Octagon shortly after Oliveira defended his belt with a submission win in the UFC 269 main event. “The Diamond” further clarified his donation during the post-fight press conference.

“I saw a video this week of him [Oliveira] showing where he grew up, and where is mom cooked dinner for him. I think it was an old video. And saw some of the sites where he grew up and how little he had,” Poirier said. “It came to me this week, I thought, I was going to let him know, win lose or draw, talk to him after and let him know that me and The Good Fight Foundation would donate $20,000 to his city in Brazil, and put the money to where ever they think it needs to be.”

Since that moment was caught on camera, Oliveira has been feeling the pressure on social media to make use of the money that Poirier promised him.

“I´m sure Poirier had a great intention when he said that, but to tell you the truth I really don’t know if the proposal turned out to be good or bad. Right after the fight, there were so many people with bad intentions asking if I used the money or not, if I spent the money Poirier gave me,” Oliveira told Sherdog.com. “And that really pissed me off. I’ve always done as much as I could since the beginning of my career helping people with my social projects with the small [amount of] money I was making. Of course, now that I’m better paid, I´m able to do more and help more people.”

According to Oliveira, there has been no contact between he and Poirier since the fight, but he has had to spend a lot of time answering questions about how he will use the money Poirier “gave to him in the Octagon.”

“I have no idea how Poirier is planning to do that,” Oliveira said. “I have no idea how the bureaucracy of that works. My social project is mine. I don’t have the documentation once I invest my own money after every fight I have.

“I just tell people that the money didn’t arrive yet, but if Dustin really wants to make a donation and needs those bureaucracy documents, I´ll pick some local social project in my area. The most important thing is helping people who need to be helped, but to tell you the truth, after all the headaches I´ve been dealing with due to that Octagon proposal, I really don’t know if it was good or not.”