L. Santos will return to the Octagon in May, in Brazil. Photo: Inovafoto
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The card for the UFC's first visit to Brazil in 2016 is taking shape. This Thursday (28), another fight was confirmed for the attraction on May 14th, which still has no city defined for it to take place. TUF Brazil 2 champion, Leonardo Santos faces Evan dunham, in a fight valid for the lightweight category.
Santos, training partner of José Aldo at the Nova União academy, comes from three consecutive victories. In the last one, he achieved a surprising knockout over Kevin Lee at UFC 194, on December 12th of last year.
Dunham is already a veteran inside the octagon. A UFC athlete since 2009, the American has on his resume combats against names like Rafael dos Anjos, Donald Cerrone, Sean Sherk and Edson Barboza. In his last fight, also in December 2015, he won Joe lauzon.
The attraction on May 14th already had two fights confirmed. The main fight will be between Vitor belfort e Ronaldo Jacare; already Demian Maia faces Matt Brown at welterweight.
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