Is Charles Olivieira underrated by the Ufc and the fans

When you look at who he fought, the streak is less impressive.

Guida: 5-6 in last 11.
Giagos: UFC debut, was 15-6 outside the UFC.
Miller: 1-4 in last 5.
Teymur: Only has 9 fights total and comes from a Muay Thai background.
Lentz: 6-4 in last 10.
Gordon: 1-2 in last 3.
Lee: 2-3 in last 5.

He FINISHED all of them though.
 
In my opinion, yes -- he has been overlooked a lot. He will always have questions regarding his durability and defense due to his TKO and submission losses, but he looks as good as anyone at 155 right now in my opinion.
 
It's because everytime he's faced a top guy he's lost. His best win on that run was Kevin Lee, and Lee isn't that good. Before that he got TKO'd by Felder, and choked out by Pettis, and Lamas.
His win over David Teymur was very impressive -- Teymur is another underrated fighter that no one speaks about, and Oliveira dominated him (aside from getting dropped once) and gave him his first UFC loss (if you exclude TUF).
 
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