L. Santos (photo) returns to the Octagon on October 2nd Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @leosantosjj
Captained by the Brazilian clash between Thiago Marreta e Johnny Walker, in the light heavyweight division (up to 93 kg), the UFC card on October 2nd, in Las Vegas, added another Brazilian member. Leonardo Santos will face Alexander Hernandez in the lightweight category (up to 70,3 kg). The information is from the North American website MMAFighting.com.
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Against Hernandez, Leo Santos seeks to recover from the only defeat suffered in the Octagon. The 41-year-old from Rio was undefeated in Ultimate until he was knocked out by Grant dawson in the last second of the fight, in March of this year. Before that, Léo had entered the Octagon on eight occasions since 2013, with seven wins and one draw. In his career, the Nova União athlete has a record of 18 wins, four losses and one draw.
On the other side, Alexander Hernandez also comes from a defeat in his last fight. The North American was defeated by the Brazilian Thiago Moses by unanimous decision in February this year. After an exciting start in the organization, with a surprising first round knockout over Beneil Dariush, Hernandez was unable to maintain regularity in the organization, alternating victories and defeats. Since then, the 28-year-old athlete has defeated Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Francisco Massaranduba and Chris Gruetzemacher, but was defeated by Donald Cerrone, Drew dober e Thiago Moses.
Leo Santos He is the eighth Brazilian confirmed on the August 02nd card. The event also features Douglas D'Silva, Bethe Correia, Karol Rosa, Johnny Eduardo, Diego Ferreira, Johnny Walker e Thiago Marreta.
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