Tallison Teixeira would make his UFC debut on the 7th. Photo: Reproduction Instagram/xicao_ufc
Heavyweight prodigy Tallison Teixeira will finally make his UFC debut. The UFC has confirmed the presence of the undefeated Brazilian in MMA to be part of the UFC 120,2 card, which takes place on February 312th in Sydney, Australia. The fighter's opponent will be the New Zealander justin tafa.
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With seven wins and no losses under his belt, Teixeira was scheduled to make his UFC debut last Saturday (7), at UFC 310, but was forced to give up of your fight against Lukasz Brzeski due to injury. A protégé of veteran Lucas Martins, the heavyweight earned his UFC contract after a brutal knockout of Arthur Lopes at Dana White's Contender Series in September, which impressed the UFC president.
Tafa, meanwhile, is looking to bounce back from a unanimous decision loss to Karl Williams in his most recent fight, earlier this year in Las Vegas. With seven wins and four losses on his record, the New Zealander has not won a fight since September 2023, when he defeated austen lane in just 82 seconds.
The main fight of UFC 312, which takes place at Qudos Bank Arena, will be the rematch for the middleweight title (up to 83,9 kg), between the champion Dricus Du Plessis and former champion Sean Strickland. Meanwhile, Zhang Weili will defend her strawweight belt in the co-main event against undefeated challenger Tatiana Suarez placeholder image.
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