MMA prospect Charles Oliveira’s job appears to be safe in the UFC.
Sources close to the promotion informed MMAJunkie that the 21-year-old lightweight has signed a new four-fight deal.
The deal has already been verbally agreed upon, and the finer points are expected to be ironed out by next week.
Oliveira was thought to be on the chopping block after his first round TKO loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC on Versus 5.
Despite showing tremendous potential as a future star in the 155-pound division, “Do Bronx” is coming off a string of disappointing bouts. Before losing to Cerrone, Jim Miller at UFC 124 submitted him and an illegal knee caused his UFC on Versus 4 win over Nik Lentz to be overturned to a no contest.
Even with the minor setbacks, there is still a myriad of hype surrounding Oliveira.
His camp has talked about dropping to the featherweight division, but at such a young age, it could be difficult for a growing Oliveira to make weight.
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