Erick silva - Photo: Disclosure
The Brazilian Erick silva is another fighter confirmed on the UFC Rio card. The athlete signed a contract with the Ultimate this afternoon (25) and will debut in the organization against the North American Mike swick in a clash valid for the welterweight category.
Silva is undefeated in nine fights in his career and is the current holder of the 77 kg belt in the Jungle Fight. To win the title, sparring Anderson Silva submitted his compatriot Gil de Freitas and Mexican Francisco Ayon, in the GP held in the 23rd edition of the event, to be declared the first welterweight champion of the Brazilian organization.
In turn, Swick is coming off two consecutive losses in the UFC. The fighter has been away from the octagons for more than a year after suffering a back injury during training. In his most recent fight, Swick was submitted with a hand triangle by the Brazilian Paulo thiago at UFC 109, an edition held in February last year.
UFC Rio, also called UFC 134, will take place on August 27th at the HSBC Arena and already has ten confirmed matches. The main attraction of the night will be the middleweight title fight between the current champion Anderson Silva and the challenger Yushin Okami. Check out the show card below:
Anderson Silva x Yushin Okami (middleweight title fight)
Mauritius Shogun x Forrest griffin
Rodrigo Minotauro x Brendan Schaub
Edson Barboza x Ross Pearson
Paulo thiago x David Mitchell
Thiago tavares x Spencer Fisher
Luiz Banha Chania x Stanislav Nedkov
Yuri Marajó x Mackens Semerzier
Rousimar Toquinho x Alexandre Cacareco
Erick silva x Mike Swick
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