Despite four-fight octagon skid, Charlie Brenneman to receive another UFC bout

Charlie Brenneman has earned just one victory in his past six UFC appearances. And even though he has been stopped by knockout or submission in all of those losses, he’ll still be granted at least one more opportunity to showcase his skills inside the octagon.

Brenneman (19-7 MMA, 4-6 UFC) was last seen in action at UFC 172, where he suffered a horrific knockout loss at the hands of Danny Castillo. The highlight-reel finish brought “The Spaniard” to an underwhelming 0-2 since being recalled to the UFC roster in January.

Most fighters would be axed from the organization for such results, but according to Brenneman’s manager Mike Constantino, the lightweight fighter has not been released from his UFC contract and expects a fight offer before the year is out.

“Charlie’s going to get another chance,” Constantino told MMAjunkie. “Charlie will be back and will get another chance. We’re looking at the fall for him.”

Brenneman’s road in the UFC has been rocky to say the least. He was initially signed to the organization at welterweight, where he put together a 4-4 record.

The highlight of his time at 170 pounds was a victory over Rick Story in a fight Brenneman accepted on roughly 24 hours notice. The flipside of his stint saw him suffering crushing knockouts at the hands of Johny Hendricks, Anthony Johnson and Kyle Noke.

His loss to Noke resulted in a release from the UFC, something that sparked Brenneman to drop down to lightweight to try to rebuild his career in a new weight class.

That attempt succeeded – at least outside of the UFC – in the form of four straight victories. But once he was called back to fight Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night 35, the losses began to stack up again.

Brenneman was arguably getting the better of Castillo prior to being caught by the fight-ending blow. But he’ll likely need a win his next time out if he’s going to keep his spot in perhaps the UFC’s most crowded division.

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