Nate Marquardt faces the Brazilian Rousimar Toquinho in the main fight of the night
With four Brazilians in action, UFC Fight Night 15 takes place today (22), in Austin, United States. In the main fight of the event, the Tupiniquim athlete Rousimar Toquinho will measure forces against the American Nate marquardt, where the winner is close to competing for the middleweight belt, currently held by Anderson Silva.
In addition to Toquinho, the other Brazilians in the show will be Charles 'from the Bronx' facing Ephraim Escudero, Gleison Tibau that will face the toughest Jim Miller e Rafael 'Sapo' Christmas who will make his debut at the event in front of Rich Attonito.
Check out the full card for the event below, which will be broadcast live on Canal Combate from 21pm.
Main Card
Up to 84 kg: Nate Marquardt (84.5 kg) vs. Rousimar Palhares (84.5 kg)
Up to 70 kg: Efrain Escudero (72.1 kg)* vs. Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira (69.5 kg)
Up to 70 kg: Jim Miller (70 kg) vs. Gleison Tibau (69.7 kg)
Up to: 70kg: Cole Miller (70.5kg) vs. Ross Pearson (70.3 kg)
Preliminary Card
Up to 70 kg: John Gunderson (70.5 kg) vs. Yves Edwards (70 kg)
Up to 93kg: Jared Hamman (93 kg) vs. Kyle Kingsbury (93.5 kg)
Up to 84 kg: Dave Branch (84.5 kg) vs. Tomasz Drwal (84.5 kg)
Up to 84 kg: Rich Attonito (84 kg) vs. Rafael “Sapo” Natal (84.5 kg)
Up to 77 kg: David Mitchell (77.3 kg) vs. Anthony Waldburger (77.5 kg)
Up to 77 kg: Brian Foster (77.3 kg) vs. Forrest Petz (77 kg)
*Efrain Escudero did not reach the weight limit for the category and gave up 20% of his purse to Brazilian Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira.
**It is important to note that the American Athletic Commissions have a tolerance of up to 500 grams of the category's weight limit, due to possible differences in scale settings.
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