The UFC is returning to Sao Paulo, Brazil in November and the promotion has its major tournament.
Consistent with MMAJunkie, the UFC will go back to Sao Paulo on November 4 for a Struggle Night time card which is about to be headlined through a pivotal heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and Jailton Almeida. The record states that verbal agreements are in position with contracts anticipated to be issued within the coming days. The closing time the UFC used to be in Sao Paulo used to be in 2019 when Jan Blachowicz beat Jacare Souza in the principle tournament.
Curtis Blaydes (17-4 and one No Contest) is coming off a first-round knockout loss to Sergei Pavlovich in the principle tournament of UFC Vegas 71 on April 22. The loss to Pavlovich snapped a three-fight successful streak for ‘Razor’, as he had up to now crushed Tom Aspinall, Chris Daukaus and Jairzinho Rozenstruik.
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Blaydes is these days ranked fourth at heavyweight and is 12-4 and one No Contest within the UFC. ‘Razor’ holds notable wins over Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, and Mark Hunt whilst his different 3 losses additionally got here through knockout to Francis Ngannou, two times, and Derrick Lewis. This shall be Blaydes’ 8th UFC major tournament and his fourth immediately major tournament.
Jailton Almeida (19-2) headlined his UFC first tournament closing day trip and submitted Jairzinho Rozenstruik within the first around again at UFC on ABC 4 on Might 13. The Brazilian is these days 5-0 within the UFC and has crushed Shamil Abdurakhimov through second-round TKO, Anton Turkalj through first-round submission, Parker Porter through first-round submission, and Danilo Marques through first-round TKO. Almeida is these days ranked 9th at heavyweight and with a win over Blaydes may well be subsequent in line for a identify shot.
Lately, Blaydes vs. Almeida is the one combat introduced for the November 4 Struggle Night time card in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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