R. Assunção (photo) faces R. Simon in December. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @raphaassuncao
Without fighting for over a year, Raphael Assunção He already has a date to return to the Octagon. The Pernambuco native faces Ricky simon at a UFC event scheduled for December 18th in the bantamweight division (up to 61,2 kg). The information was initially reported by the “MMA DNA” website.
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Raphael Assunção seeks to recover from the worst phase of his career to date. At 39 years old, the Brazilian faces a sequence of three defeats for the first time and has not won in more than three years. The last time he entered the octagon, in June 2020, he was knocked out by cody garbrandt. Before that, he had been defeated by Cory Sandhagen e Marlon moraes. Raphael's last victory came in July 2018 when he defeated Rob font at UFC 226. Despite the bad sequence, the Pernambuco native remained in the division's ranking, where he occupies twelfth place.
On the other side, Ricky simon finds himself in the opposite situation in the Ultimate bantamweight category. The North American has won three consecutive victories, the last over brian kelleher, UFC 258, in February this year. Against Raphael, Simon seeks to put his name in the division rankings.
Until now, Raphael Assunção He is the second Brazilian confirmed on the December 18th card, with no location yet defined. Beyond, Amanda lemos will face nina nunes, wife of the champion Amanda nunes, in a strawweight duel (up to 52,2 kg).
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