TUF Brasil 3 veteran, Marcos Pezão faces Ukrainian at UFC Berlin

Pezão (photo) comes from two consecutive victories in the octagon. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

The participant of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Marcos Foot He already knows who his opponent will be in search of his third consecutive victory in the Octagon. The São Paulo native will face the Ukrainian Nikita Krylov, in a duel valid for the light heavyweight category, at UFC Berlin.

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At 29 years old, Marcos has a professional record of 13 wins, two losses and one draw. Participant of TUF Brasil in the heavyweight category, Pezão won his first victory in the octagon against his former reality partner Rick Monster. Then, the Brazilian moved down to light heavyweight and beat Igor Pokrajac at UFC Barueri.

Just like Pezão, Nikita Krylov He also worked in the 120 kg category and moved down to light heavyweight. The Ukrainian has a professional record of 18 wins and four losses. “Al Capone”, as he is known, comes from triumphs over Cody Donovan and Stanislav Nedkov.

UFC Berlin is scheduled for June 20th at the O2 Arena. In the main fight of the night, two former challengers for the light heavyweight belt will face each other: the Brazilian Glover Teixeira and the Swedish Alexander Gustafson.