The Final Combating Championship returns to Brazil on Saturday, November 4 with the UFC Battle Night time card happening at Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paul. The primary occasion dwell on ESPN+ is a five-round heavyweight bout between No. 9-ranked Jailton Almeida and No. 10-ranked Derrick Lewis.
Brazil’s Jailton Almeida (19-2) is coming off the win by submission within the first spherical towards Jairzinho Rozenstruik in Might. In January, Salvador, Bahia native stopped Shamil Abdurakhimov within the second spherical. The 32-year-old is searching for his fifteenth straight victory.
American Derrick Lewis (27-11, 1 NC) returned to profitable methods in July, when he stopped Marcos Rogerio de Lima within the first spherical. Previous to that, the 38-year-old of New Orleans, Louisiana misplaced three fights in a row.
The co-main occasion is a welterweight bout between Gabriel Bonfim and Nicolas Dalby. Stepping contained in the Octagon in entrance of his home-country crowd, Bonfim (15-0) appears to be like to stay undefeated. Dalby (22-4-1) of Denmark eyes to increase his three-win streak.
The remainder of battle card additionally options the bouts, pitting the Brazilian fighters towards worldwide opponents. Among the many matchups, Rodrigo Nascimento (11-1) faces Don’Story Mayes (10-5) of the US at heavyweight. As properly, a pair of middleweight bouts options Caio Borralho (14-1) up towards Abus Magomedov (25-5-1) of Germany and Rodolfo Vieira (9-2) versus Armen Petrosyan (9-2) of Armenia. As well as, Ismael Bonfim (19-4) takes on Vinc Pichel (14-3) of the US at light-weight.
On the highest of prelims, Elves Brener (15-3) and Esteban Ribovics (12-1) of Argentina conflict at light-weight. Amongst different bouts, Victor Hugo (24-4) goes up towards Daniel Marcos (15-0) of Peru at bantamweight. Plus, Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (24-7) squares off towards Rinat Fakhretdinov (21-1) at welterweight and Vitor Petrino (9-0) battles Modestas Bukauskas (15-5) of Lithuania at gentle heavyweight.
As well as, a pair girls’s strawweight bouts pits Denise Gomes (8-2) towards Angela Hill (15-13) of the US and Eduarda Moura (9-0) towards Montserrat Conejo Ruiz (10-3) of Mexico. Kicking off the motion, Kaue Fernandes (8-1-) and Marc Diakiese 16-7) of England go face to face at light-weight.
UFC Battle Night time: Almeida vs Lewis card
The present UFC Sao Paulo: Almeida vs Lewis battle card appears to be like as the next:
Major card
- Jailton Almeida vs. Derrick Lewis
- Gabriel Bonfim vs. Nicolas Dalby
- Rodrigo Nascimento vs. Don’Story Mayes
- Caio Borralho vs. Abus Magomedov
- Rodolfo Vieira vs. Armen Petrosyan
- Ismael Bonfim vs. Vinc Pichel
Preliminary card
- Elves Brener vs. Esteban Ribovics
- Victor Hugo vs. Daniel Marcos
- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov
- Vitor Petrino vs. Modestas Bukauskas
- Angela Hill vs. Denise Gomes
- Eduarda Moura vs. Montserrat Ruiz
- Kaue Fernandes vs. Marc Diakiese
In Australia, UFC Sao Paulo: Almeida vs Lewis airs on Sunday, November 5 dwell on Kayo.
