UFC 278 is officially announced for August with Aldo, Borrachinha and fight between Usman and Edwards

K. Usman, L. Edwards, J. Aldo and P. Borrachinha are confirmed in the UFC 278 (Photo: Montage/SUPER FIGHTS)

Kamaru Usman has a confirmed date to seek the sixth defense of the welterweight belt (up to 77 kg). The Nigerian faces Leon edwards in the main fight of UFC 278, on August 20th, at the Vivint Arena, in Salt Lake City, in the United States. The information was confirmed last Monday (20) by the organization, which announced 12 confirmed fights at the event.

Former featherweight champion (up to 65,7 kg), José Aldo is also confirmed on the card. The Brazilian faces the Georgian Merab Dvalishvili in a duel that could define the next challenger for the bantamweight belt (up to 61,2 kg).

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Another highlight of the event is Paulo borrachinha. The former middleweight title challenger (up to 83,9 kg) seeks to recover from two consecutive defeats against the former division champion, Luke Rockhold, who returns to the Octagon for the first time since July 2019.

Besides José Aldo e Paulo borrachinha, three more Brazilians are on the card UFC 278. Daniel Miojo face Victor Altamirano in flyweight (up to 56,7 kg), the same division as Francisco Sniper, brother of the champion Deiveson Figueiredo, faces amir albazi. Closing Brazilian participation, Leo Santos measure forces with Jared gordon in light weights (up to 70,3 kg).