Gleison Tibau is the first Brazilian official at UFC 164

Tibau will face J. Varner at UFC 164 in August

O card of UFC 164, which will be held on August 31st in Milwaukee, United States, was reinforced with the first Brazilian on the list. Lightweight from Rio Grande do Norte Gleison Tibau will be in action at the event against American Jamie Varner, former WEC champion.

Tibau is trying to score his second consecutive victory since 2011, when he won Kurt Pellegrino, Rafaello Tractor e Rafael dos Anjos. Since then, the Potiguar has been on a series of results: it lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov, won Francisco Massaranduba, lost to Evan dunham and won against John Cholish.

Varner is going through a very different phase to the Brazilian. When he lost the WEC belt, the American fell to a 1-4-1 record and ended up not participating in the event's transition to the UFC. Fighting in smaller organizations, Varner won three out of four fights and accepted a last-minute invitation to face the then undefeated Edson Barboza. With a sensational performance, the American ran over the Brazilian and knocked him out in the first round. In the next fight, another spectacular performance earned him the best fight of 2012, awarded the MMA Oscar, against Joe lauzon, who finished it in the third round. Varner got back on the winning track by passing Melvin Guillard in December.

With the addition of Tibau-Varner, UFC 164 now has ten official fights. The event will be headlined by the defense of the lightweight Ben henderson against TJ Grant, in addition to promoting Josh Barnett's return to the organization.

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