RDA (left) faces Saffiedine (right) (Photos: UFC/Montage: Super Fights)
Rafael Dos Anjos he even campaigned to fight at UFC 212, in Rio de Janeiro, but had to settle for his welterweight debut taking place in Singapore. The former lightweight champion will face Tarec saffiedine, who had challenged the Brazilian in January, recently responded by Rafael, at UFC Fight Night 111. The event will take place on June 17th. The information comes from the Asian website Channel News Asia, which confirmed the duel with Ultimate officials.
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Despite not fighting at home, RDA will make his debut at 77 kg. in an already familiar country. A member of the Evolve MMA team, the Brazilian always spends part of his training periods improving his stand-up fighting in Singapore, where the team is located. He's counting on this to get back to winning ways, which he hasn't won since December 2015, when he knocked out Donald Cerrone in the first round in his first title defense.
Since then, Rafael has suffered two defeats. In July last year, he was surprised by Eddie Alvarez and ended up being knocked out in the first round, also losing his lightweight belt. In November, it was the turn of Tony Ferguson beat him, in the main fight of the UFC Mexico, by unanimous decision. With the two defeats, RDA decided to move up to welterweight, where he will find Tarec saffiedine, former Strikeforce weight champion, and number 10 in the 77 kg ranking. of the UFC, despite the negative record of two wins and three losses in the organization.
UFC Singapore, the first Ultimate event in the country in almost four years, has already had some fights confirmed. Among them a heavyweight duel between the former champion Andrei Arlovski and the polish Marcin tybura. In addition, former PRIDE lightweight belt holder Takanori Gomi also returns to the Octagon to face Jon Tuck.
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