Luis Beição replaces Swick and faces Erick Silva at UFC Rio

Luis Beição

the capixaba Erick silva he spent a short time without an opponent at UFC Rio, an event that takes place on August 27th, in the capital of Rio. After Mike swick suffer an injury during training and leaving the fight, the show's organizers acted quickly and already announced the North American's replacement.

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Erick will face compatriot Luis “Beição”, who confirmed the agreement with the organization via Twitter.

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“Contract signed with UFC! I want to see everyone giving that strength at UFC Rio”, wrote the fighter on the microblog.

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Luis Beição is an athlete on the Nova União team, a training partner of greats like José Aldo, Renan Barão and Marlon Sandro, and has a professional record of 19 wins and six losses. The fighter from Rio is the owner of the Shooto world belt and winner of the WOCS welterweight GP.

Check out the UFC Rio card below.

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main card:

Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami;

Forrest griffin vs. Mauricio Shogun;

Rodrigo Minotauro vs. Brendan Schaub;

Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson;

Luiz “Banha” Cané vs. Stanislav Nedkov;

Preliminary card:

Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago tavares;

David Mitchell vs. Paulo thiago;

Erick silva vs. Opponent yet to be defined;