Without international appeal and with a Brazilian squad, UFC debuts in Brasília tonight

Without much appeal to the international public and with a squad of Brazilian athletes, Ultimate debuts in Brasilia tonight (13). UFC Fight Night 51, which will not be shown on any television channel in the US, features the giant Antonio Pezão against Belarusian Andrei Arlovski. The event starts at 19pm at Nilson Nelson Gymnasium.

The fight between Pezão and Arlovski marks a rematch between heavyweights. In their first fight, in 2010, the Brazilian defeated his rival by unanimous decision from the judges. This time, however, Pezão does not expect to take the decision to the judges and promises to go in search of the knockout. “The hand is pointed. It has a zip code and address. God willing, everything will be fine.”

Brasília represented on the preliminary card

One of the most anticipated fights at UFC Fight Night 51 for the Brasília public takes place on the preliminary card. The welterweight Paulo thiago, a member of the BOPE battalion in the federal capital, needs victory to stay in Ultimate.

Coming off six defeats in the last eight fights, Paulo thiago, who usually enters his fights to the sound of 'Tropa de Elie' by the band Tihuana, faces the North American Sean Spencer.

In the first fight of the night, the other Brasilia native on the card, Rani Yaya, meets the American Johnny Bedford again. In the first clash between them, in April this year, the duel ended without result.

Bedford accidentally headbutted the Brazilian, who was knocked out. The central referee even noted the victory for Johnny, but after reviewing the images, he reversed the decision and noted the 'No Content' (no result).

Former TUF Brasil participants fill the card

With three editions of TUF Brasil concluded, several participants in the UFC reality show have signed a contract with the event and are responsible for filling out the card for the editions. national.

At UFC Fight Night 51, six athletes from The Ultimate Fighter Brasil are on the card.  Francisco Massaranduba e Geoffrey Pepey from TUF Brasil 1; Leandro Buscapé, Santiago Ponzinibbio e Leo Santos from the second edition and Wendell Negão from TUF Brasil 3.

In addition to them, names like Efrain Escudero and Brazilian Igor Araujo, who are also at the Brasília event, participated in The Ultimate FIghter in the United States.

Check out the complete UFC Fight Night 51 card in Brasília below.

MAIN CARD

Antonio Pezão (119,7 kg) x Andrei Arlovski (112,4 kg);
Gleison Tibau (70,7 kg) x Piotr Hallmann (70,3 kg);
Leonardo Santos (70,3 kg) x Efrain Escudero (70,7 kg);
Santiago Ponzinibbio (77,5 kg) x Wendell Negão (77,1 kg);
Iuri Marajó (61,6 kg) x Russell Doane (61,6 kg);
Jessica Andrade (60,7 kg) x Larissa pacheco (61,6 kg);

PRELIMINARY CARD

Geoffrey Pepey (66,2 kg) x Dashon Johnson (66,2 kg);
Igor Araújo (77,5 kg) x George Sullivan (77,5 kg);
Francisco Massaranduba (70,3 kg) x Leandro Buscapé (70,7 kg);
Paulo thiago (77,5 kg) x Sean Spencer (77,1 kg);
Rani Yaya (61,6 kg) x Johnny Bedford (61,6 kg);

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