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\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> bantamweight Vinicius
\nOliveira<\/a> has already passed one major test on Friday:
\nsuccessfully making weight.<\/p>\n

After four consecutive victories in the UFC, Brazil\u2019s \u201cLok Dog\u201d
\nOliveira will have the chance to headline his first event on
\nSaturday against Mario
\nBautista<\/a>. He and Bautista will battle in the five-round main
\nattraction of UFC Fight Night 266<\/a>, also known as UFC Vegas
\n113, in Las Vegas’ UFC Apex. Large for his division at 5-foot-9
\nwith a 70-inch wingspan, the 30-year-old knows his time at
\nbantamweight is limited.<\/p>\n

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Speaking with the UFC<\/a> on Thursday, Vinicius promised that he intends on
\nmoving up in weight, but only after he claims the bantamweight
\nbelt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I found out about the fight three months ago, I weighed 183
\nlbs.,\u201d the Brazilian admitted. \u201cSince then, I started the process
\nwith a nutritionist who helped me get to 163 lbs. by fight week. On
\nFriday I will be at weight as I always have been. I have the size
\nto fight at featherweight or lightweight, but I will only think
\nabout that when I win the bantamweight belt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that he can put the weight cut behind him having hit the scales
\nofficially at 136 pounds, all focus goes directly to his upcoming
\nadversary. His opponent had amassed an eight-fight win streak, but
\nit all came to a halt last October when Umar
\nNurmagomedov<\/a> got the better of him. Of Bautista, Oliveira did
\nnot so much as look past him as he predicted that his
\nunpredictability would lead to his advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cBautista is a good fighter who does the basics of MMA well,\u201d he
\nnoted, \u201cbut I am an unpredictable, versatile guy and I will be the
\nBrazilian who will beat him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monster in the Mirror<\/h2>\n

If he manages to earn his fifth victory in his fifth UFC
\nappearance, \u201cLok Dog\u201d has his sights set on gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to fight in the middle of the year at the White
\nHouse. It could be against Cory
\nSandhagen<\/a> or Sean
\nO’Malley<\/a>. But if they don\u2019t call me, that\u2019s okay, by the middle
\nof the year I hope to be fighting a top-five opponent, and by the
\nend of the year I hope to be fighting the champion of my weight
\nclass,\u201d the 135er analyzed.<\/p>\n

When asked what fans can expect from his fifth walk to the UFC
\ncage, Oliveira did not shy away from his answer.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Lok Dog\u2019 is a monster that lives inside me that can only be
\nunleashed inside the cage; if it\u2019s released before, it causes a lot
\nof damage. This Saturday, this monster, which feeds on the pain of
\nits opponents, fans can expect this monster to be unleashed to put
\non another show,\u201d the Brazilian concluded.<\/p>\n