Matheus Nicolau goes down to flyweight and faces John Moraga

M. Nicolau (photo) was part of Team Shogun on TUF BR 4. Photo: Disclosure

Participant of the fourth season of the reality show The Ultimate Fighter Brazil, the miner Matheus Nicolau He will soon make his debut in the flyweight category and will not have an easy time in his first fight in the 57 kg division. Matheus will face former title challenger John Moranga in the TUF 23 Finale, scheduled for July 8th.

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At 23, Matheus Nicolau has a professional record of 11 wins, one loss and one draw. Still as a bantamweight, the Nova União athlete debuted in Ultimate in November last year, beating his TUF Brasil 4 colleague Bruno Korea by completion in UFC Sao Paulo. Information about the duel with Moraga was published on the website of the “Combate” channel.

John Moraga, 32 years old, has a record of 16 wins and four losses. Challenger for the belt in July 2013, when he was submitted by the champion Demetrious Johnson, Moraga comes from a defeat to Joseph Benavidez in May last year. A curious fact about the North American's record is that he only has defeats against the “iron trio” of flyweights in his career: Demetrious Johnson, Joseph Benavidez e John Dodson (twice).

The TUF 23 Finale is scheduled for July 8th, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas (USA). In addition to the finals of the reality show, the event will also feature a duel between the season's coaches: a rematch and, this time, a strawweight belt fight between the champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk e Claudinha gadelha.

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