Rousimar Toquinho - Photo: Josh Hedges
The Brazilian Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares will have a new opponent at UFC Rio. Originally scheduled to face his compatriot Alexandre “Cacareco” on the preliminary card of the night, the middleweight will now face the North American Dan Miller in the edition that will take place on August 27th at the HSBC Arena, located in Barra da Tijuca.
While “Toquinho” is coming off a submission victory (heel hook) over Dave Branch in March this year at UFC on Versus 3, Miller was defeated in his most recent career fight by his compatriot Nate Marquardt, via unanimous decision by the judges, in the UFC 128.
UFC Rio will be the organization's 134th edition and, to date, has 12 fights confirmed on its card. The night's main attraction will be the fight for the event's middleweight belt, where the current champion Anderson Silva will put his title in dispute against
to Japanese Yushin Okami. Check out the updated UFC Rio card below:
main card
Anderson Silva x Yushin Okami (middleweight belt fight)
Mauritius Shogun x Forrest griffin
Rodrigo Minotauro x Brendan Schaub
Edson Barboza x Ross Pearson
Preliminary Card
Yuri Marajó x Antonio Carvalho
Thiago tavares x Spencer Fisher
Paulo thiago x David Mitchell
Erick silva x Mike Swick
Rousimar Toquinho x Dan Miller
Yves Jabouin x Ian Loveland
Raphael Assunção x Darren Uyenoyama
Comments