Kawajiri and Guida will duel at the UFC in Abu Dhabi. Photo: MMA Press Production (Disclosure/UFC)
The card for the UFC's second visit to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, is taking shape. This Tuesday (25), ten more fights for the event, which will be held on April 11, were announced.
Tatsuya Kawajiri, who made his Ultimate debut in January, beating Sean Soriano, will face the hard Clay guida. The Japanese, a prominent name in PRIDE and Dream, is on a streak of six consecutive victories. Guida will have his third fight in the featherweight category and is coming off a defeat to Chad Mendes, by technical knockout.
Former middleweight title challenger, Thales leites will look for his third straight victory in the organization against Trevor Smith. The American is coming off a positive result against Brian Houston, having lost to Ed Herman in his debut for the organization. Herman was the Brazilian's last opponent, who won the judges' decision.
The main fight of UFC Abu Dhabi will be between the heavyweights Rodrigo Minotauro e Roy Nelson. Check out the provisional card below:
- Rodrigo Minotauro x Roy Nelson;
- Clay guida x Tatsuya Kawajiri;
- Thales leites x Trevor Smith;
– John Howard x Ryan LaFlare;
– Chris Camozzi x Andrew Craig;
– Ramsey Nijem x Beneil Dariush;
– Jared Rosholt x Daniel Omielanczuk;
– Alptekin Ozkilic x Dustin Ortiz;
- Rani Yaya x Johnny Bedford;
– Alan Omer x Jim Alers.
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