Gabriel Napão faces Ruslan Magomedov at UFC Croatia

Napão (photo) will be in the Balkan edition of Ultimate. Photo: Nick Laham/UFC

The debut of the octagon in Croatia will have a Brazilian representative, and in the heavyweight category. The Ultimate organization announced that the veteran Gabriel Napao will face Russian Ruslan Magomedov at UFC Croatia, scheduled for April 10, in the capital Zagreb.

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At 36 years old, Napão has a professional record of 17 wins and ten losses. Former heavyweight title challenger, the Brazilian is coming off a victory over Konstantin Erokhin in December last year, a triumph that interrupted a series of three consecutive defeats.

Ruslan Magomedov, 29 years old, has a professional record of 14 wins and just one defeat. In the UFC since May 2014, the Russian is undefeated in the biggest organization on the planet, with victories over Viktor Pesta, Josh Copeland and Shawn Jordan.

UFC Fight Night 86 takes place on April 10, at the Zagreb Arena, in Zagreb (Croatia). There is still no main fight confirmed for the card. In addition to the duel between Napão and Magomedov, three other fights were also confirmed for the event: Jan Blachowicz x Igor Pokrajac, Bojan Mihajiovic x Francis Ngannou and Bartosz Fabinski x Nicholas Dalby.