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 principle occasion stay 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 in opposition to 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 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 in opposition to worldwide opponents. Among the many matchups, Rodrigo Nascimento (11-1) faces Don’Story Mayes (10-5) of america at heavyweight. As effectively, a pair of middleweight bouts options Caio Borralho (14-1) up in opposition to 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 america 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 in opposition to Daniel Marcos (15-0) of Peru at bantamweight. Plus, Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (24-7) squares off in opposition to 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) in opposition to Angela Hill (15-13) of america and Eduarda Moura (9-0) in opposition to 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 as the next:
Predominant 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 stay on Kayo.
